Building permit sought to renovate historic buildings for restaurant, apartments
Project plan is to convert upper floors of four, attached buildings into six apartments, and enlarge McEwen's restaurant.
Topic: historic preservation
RSSThere are 54 article(s) tagged historic preservation:
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June 2020
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May 2020
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Luciann theater’s new owner starts plans for adaptive reuse
Work has already started to place the 80-year-old theater building on the National Register of Historic Places.
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April 2020
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Kemmons Wilson Cos. plans move into Downtown historic building
The old Spaghetti Warehouse property on West Huling will become home to the new corporate headquarters for the company that began Holiday Inns.
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March 2020
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$26M Cotton Row renovation moves forward
Two river bluff buildings will be converted into 112 apartment units and 5,300 square feet of commercial space on Front Street.
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‘For Sale’ is sign of concern for Annesdale Mansion neighbors
Neighbors and preservationists are concerned about new developments that could arise from the sale of the historic mansion.
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Annesdale Mansion for sale, with ‘ample’ acreage for more housing
For sale: A grand, carefully restored, 165-year-old mansion on 7 acres.
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February 2020
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ArchInc uncovers soaring, historic space for its new office
The architecture firm is putting its specialty – designing renovations and adaptive-reuse projects for historic buildings – to good use, uncovering 1,900 square feet inside Downtown's 96-year-old Claridge House for its own offices.
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Memphis Heritage names June West’s successor
Meet Holly Jansen Fulkerson, who has taken over the leading role in Memphis for advocates of historic preservation.
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Renovation will return big windows to historic Cycle Shop
A Chattanooga-based real estate firm is collaborating with an Edge District developer to carry out a $3.6 million adaptive reuse of the Memphis Cycle Shop building.
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Latest restaurant in Nineteenth Century Club mansion closes
The owners of Red Fish Bistro are halting operations to determine "the best concept and format for this magnificent building and location."
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January 2020
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AutoZone files for $12M renovation of Downtown historic buildings
AutoZone's plan to speed fulfillment of vehicle parts includes expanding into the historic Cotton Row buildings across Front Street from its headquarters.
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December 2019
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Couple reviving overgrown Midtown mansion
Michael and Mallory Seeker have uncovered a regal home on Stonewall. They plan to take all the time they need to restore its luster.
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Loews Hotel plan for Central Police Station gets board approval
The Loews Hotel plan would replace the back part of the historic Central Police Station with meeting and event, delivery and parking spaces.
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Planning staff supports partial demo of Central Police Station
The proposed Loews Hotel complex would mean the preservation of the front of a historic building but the demolition of the back to make room for meeting, parking and delivery space.
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Historic status sought for site of women-owned, black business
Gladys "MaDear" Bennett overcame racial and economic segregation by running a successful fashion/sewing school and business in the basement of her home.
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November 2019
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Loews Hotel plan may impact historic police building
A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."
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September 2019
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June West stepping down at Memphis Heritage
Memphis Heritage will soon post a job opening to find a successor to June West, who is entering semi-retirement after leading the city's preservationists for the past 17 years.
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Owners trot out plans for old mounted police station
The long-vacant, long-ignored Barksdale Mounted Police Station still has jail cell bars, horse stable windows and the name of Tennessee’s most infamous politician etched into the ornate front wall. A renovation will soon breathe new life into the city's first “suburban” police station.
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Historic Uptown site to become event center
A developer plans to renovate and convert a historic industrial building in Uptown into an event space for 300 to 400 people.
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August 2019
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Homes selected for Central Gardens tour
Three new homes and three newly renovated houses will be featured in Central Garden’s Home and Garden Tour from 1-6 p.m., Sept. 8.
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July 2019
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Hotel battle may decide future for historic police building
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
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February 2019
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MRPP on mission to save nation’s last river city cobblestone landing
Memphis River Parks Partnership is ready to restore and enhance the nation's most substantial cobblestone river landing.
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Construction permit sought for cobblestone restoration
Memphis River Parks Partnership has filed for a building permit to restore the historic cobblestone field on the Downtown riverfront.
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Planners respond to worries over how Memphis 3.0 will affect historic neighborhoods
Memphis' top planning officials respond to concerns from historic neighborhoods about the possible effects of the draft Memphis 3.0 Plan.
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Midtown church sells its oldest building to preservationists
Trinity United Methodist Church has sold its 94-year-old sanctuary building, but will continue worshiping and carrying out its ministries on the opposite corner.
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