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Memphis Mid-Century Modern Buildings

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Memphis International Airport
Memphis, TN
These buildings at the Memphis International Airport were built in 1963 when it was known as the Memphis Metropolitan Airport. They were designed by Roy Harrover of Mann & Harrover. The name of the airport was changed in 1969. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Riverfront Parking Garage [gone]
Memphis, TN
I believe the Riverfront Parking Garage was built in the 1950s or 1960s. The neon sign appeared to be a recent addition. It was demolished in 2023 to build an art museum.

Sears Crosstown Parking Garage
Memphis, TN
This Sears Crosstown Parking Garage appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. The Sears Crosstown store in the background was built in 1927. It closed in 1983 and I don't believe this structure has been used since then either. [map]

Cossitt Public Library
Memphis, TN

2007:
2019:
The Cossitt Public Library was designed by Walk C. Jones, Jr. and built in 1959. There are still original building features inside and out. The aluminum louvers were originally painted blue while the terra cotta screen wall on the side of the building was painted yellow. I don't believe the louvers ever moved at all. The reflecting pool, no longer used, once had vertical jets that shot four colored streams of water towards the sky. By 2011, it had been filled in with grass. In 2020, the building was being renovated. For more, see this website. [map]

Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio
Memphis, TN
The Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio building previously housed a Midas Muffler shop and Hart's Bakery. From 1958-1960, the building was gutted and the exterior remodeled to create the recording studios and offices. For more, see this website. [map]

Fire Station #2
Memphis, TN
The Memphis Fire Station #2 appears to be mid-century modern. It features a round building attached to a more conventional rectilinear building with bays for the fire engines. [map]

Shoppers Garage
Memphis, TN
The canopy of this Shoppers Garage appears to be from the 1960s. The parking garage's concrete structure itself might be older. [map]

More Memphis:
i-Bank
Memorial Stadium

NOTE: There are many more Memphis mid-century modern buildings in other sections (Banks, Churches, Offices, etc.) at the links below.