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379 Beale Ave. 35°08′19″N 90°02′54″W. / 35.138611°N 90.048333°W / 35.138611; -90.048333 ( First Baptist Church) Memphis. Also known as Beale Street Baptist Church, historic church built for a congregation of newly freed slaves. 59. First Colored Baptist Church. First Colored Baptist Church. July 14, 2000.
The city of Memphis is split between two congressional districts. The western three-fourths of the city, including downtown, is within the Ninth Congressional District, which has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007. Cohen was the first white Democrat to represent a significant portion of Memphis in more than 40 years.
April 24, 2015. 100 North Main is the tallest building in Memphis, Tennessee. At 430 feet, (131m) it has 37 floors and stands bordering Adams Avenue, North Second Street, and North Main. The building is currently totally vacant and closed to public entry. Plans for renovation to convert the building to hotel and apartments have repeatedly failed.
The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [6] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country. In comparison, Chicago, then controlled by Al Capone, had ...
The First Horizon Bank Tower (formerly First National Bank Building and First Tennessee Bank Building) is a high-rise office building in Memphis, Tennessee . The building's namesake is its main tenant First Horizon Bank. It is currently the seventh tallest building in the city. Light panels adorn the sides of the building, which are used to ...
Memphis, Indiana. Location of Memphis in Clark County, Indiana. / 38.49556°N 85.76861°W / 38.49556; -85.76861. Memphis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 695 at the 2010 census.
The Memphis Fire Department got its start in 1846 when the first independent fire company was formed. [4] It wasn't until 1859 when the department had its first fire chief. In 1966 the department started to provide ambulance service with 6,561 calls in the first year alone. [4] The history and artifacts of the department are displayed at the ...
In April 2018, The Commercial Appeal sold its longtime offices and plant at 495 Union Avenue in Memphis for $3.8 million, indicating plans to move to another Memphis site. At the time of sale, the property, comprised a 125,000-square-foot office building, a 150,000-square-foot printing and production plant, and adjacent real estate.