There’s nothing cookie-cutter about ‘living museums’ in Central Gardens
Scott Haynes’ and Mark Mills’ home has a grand, sweeping staircase and marble floors. (Courtesy Hemline Theory)
This year’s Central Gardens Home & Garden Tour covers eight homes spread across South Belvedere Boulevard and Central and Harbert avenues as well as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Visitors will begin at the hospitality center at South Belvedere Boulevard and Central Avenue before touring the houses and churches.
“All of these architects were trying to up one another and do something different and bring in the newest and latest fashion for the 1900s,” said Kathy Ferguson, who has lived in Central Gardens for 18 years and is chairing this year’s event.
Every year, the neighborhood opens its doors to give curious lookie-loos a peek at all the craftsmanship — and history — in its homes.
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Nick Lingerfelt
Nick Lingerfelt has written for Focus Mid-South Magazine, StyleBlueprint, Salon and At Home Memphis & Mid South. When he was a student at the University of Memphis, he was editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman, the school’s student newspaper.
Also while a student at the U of M, he received the Otis Sanford Outstanding Journalism Student award and the 2nd Place Marc Perrusquia Investigative Journalism Award for a story about the demographic makeup of the school’s sports teams. He won the first place Green Eyeshades award for graphics and infographics in 2025.
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