Whitehaven Cold War relic gets historical marker
A historical marker was unveiled Friday beside the Cold War era bomb shelter in Whitehaven’s Lion’s Gate neighborhood. The shelter was built by the late Hoyt Wooten, a pioneer in radio and television. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The underground fall-out shelter in the gated Lion’s Gate community was built in the early 1960s by Memphis radio and television pioneer Hoyt Wooten.
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