Beale Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Street in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Built 1900. Added to the National Register in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music. Today, the blues clubs and restaurants that line Beale Street are major tourist attractions in Memphis. Festivals and outdoor concerts frequently bring large crowds to the street and its surrounding areas.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Jct. of Beale and 4th Sts., Memphis, TN |
| County | Shelby County |
| Listed | Jul 29, 1993 |
| Reference number | 92001581 |
| Built | 1900 |
| Type of place | NRHP district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
Visiting
| Address | Jct. of Beale and 4th Sts., Memphis, TN |
| Website | bealestreet.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 36.03957, -84.01559 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Obed Wild & Scenic River · 33 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Look Rock Campground 28 mi · Abram'S Creek Campground 30 mi · Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Pavilion 32 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 92001581. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.