- City:
- Memphis, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1941
- Completed:
- 1943
- Designers:
- Herbert M. Burnham, Lucian M. Dent, Walk C. Jones Jr.
Description
The concrete Art-Deco influenced WPA Moderne armory was completed as part of a 3 building complex. Cost was $200,000. The building is currently used as the Memphis Children’s Museum.
Source notes
Van West, C. (2001). Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. Memphis Armory to cost $200,000. (April 5, 1940). The Kingsport Times, p. 7. Tri-Cities Port listed by WPA as defense aid. (October 19, 1941). The Kingsport Times, p. 2.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 21, 2014.
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