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Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of
Memphis, Tennessee . It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker and Baynard Snowden Cairns .
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The firm has a number of works that are listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places .
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Works include (with attribution to a partner or to the firm):
Shrine Building (1923), 66 Monroe Ave.,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
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the "new" Peabody Hotel (1925), Memphis
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Sears and Roebuck tower (1927), Memphis
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Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building (1929), 45 S. 2nd St.,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
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Cleveland Founders Historic District , roughly bounded by Victoria Ave., Sunflower Rd., Bolivar Ave., S Bayou Ave., & Avery St.,
Cleveland, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
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Crisscross Lodge , 10056 Poplar Ave.,
Collierville, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
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B. Lowenstein & Brothers Building , 27 S. Main St.,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker and Cairns), NRHP-listed
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Memphis Trust Building , 12 S. Main St.,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
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National Bank of Commerce Building , 200 S. Pruett St.,
Paragould, Arkansas (Hankers and Cairns), NRHP-listed
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Joseph Newburger House , built 1912, 168 E. Parkway, South,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed
[2] now the Memphis Theological Seminary
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Scimitar Building , 179 Madison Ave.,
Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker, William J.), NRHP-listed
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Scottish Rite Temple (Memphis, Tennessee) (Hanker and Cairns), Memphis
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Cutrer Mansion , 109 Clark Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns)
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Peabody Hotel
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Nineteenth Century Club
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