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Adams Avenue Historic District
The
Adams Avenue
Historic District
in
Memphis, Tennessee
is a
historic district
which was
listed
on the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
It contained six contributing buildings:
St. Peter's
Roman Catholic Church
, at 190 Adams Ave.
North Memphis
Savings Bank
, at 110 Adams Ave.
Shelby
County Courthouse
, at 160 Adams Ave., which was
designed
by
architects
H. D. Hale and
James Gamble Rogers
, who both were students of the
Ecole de Beaux Arts
in Paris. It has sculpture groups in its four pediments, designed by J. Massey Rhind.
Fire
Engine House
No. 1, at
118
Adams Ave.
Memphis
Police Station
, at 128 or 130 Adams Ave.
Criminal Courts
Building
, at 156
Washington Ave
.