Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South | |
Formerly listed on the
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 2117 Union Ave, Memphis, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°7′52″N 89°59′14″W / 35.13111°N 89.98722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | John Gaisford, Hubert Thomas McGhee |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
Demolished | 2011 |
NRHP reference No. | 87000399 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 6, 1987 |
Removed from NRHP | March 27, 2013 |
Union Avenue United Methodist Church was a historic church building in Memphis, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The building was located on a street corner at 2117 Union Avenue.
The building was no longer in use as a church when it was sold in February 2011 to CVS Pharmacy. The company paid $2.25 million for the church property and also paid $650,000 to buy an adjoining property from a different owner. [2] [3] Demolition of the structure began in March 2011. [4]
Members of the family that sold the land for church use in 1912 attempted to block the sale to CVS on the basis of a restrictive covenant in the deed that required the property to be used as a "place of divine worship." [5]