- City:
- Memphis, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Auditoriums and Arenas
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Max Furbringer
Description
Currently known as Levitt Shell, in recognition of funding that saved it from demolition, the Overton Park band shell was constructed by the WPA and City of Memphis in 1936 for $11,935. It has almost been demolished twice.
Source notes
History of the Shell. (n. d.). Levitt Shell. Retrieved from https://levittshell.org/history
Kazek, K. (2011). Forgotten Tales of Tennessee. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press.
Van West, C. (2001). Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 27, 2014.
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