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Second Presbyterian Church, Pontatoc Avenue & Hernando Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

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Second Presbyterian Church, Pontatoc Avenue & Hernando Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

description

Summary

Significance: Constructed as the Second Presbyterian Church in 1891, this Gothic Church is most famous under the name Claiborn Temple when it served as the center for the great civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Survey number: HABS TN-186

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970

person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

place

Location

memphis, 35.13495, -90.05165

Google Map of 35.134948, -90.0516488

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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