Hotel Claridge is a historic hotel building in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1924 for Charles Levy and Morris Corn, two businessmen from St. Louis, Missouri.[2] Its construction cost $1.5 million, and it was designed by the Memphis architectural firm of Jones & Furbringer and the St. Louis firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett.[2]
Hotel Claridge | |
 Hotel Claridge in 2017 | |
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| Location | 109 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°8′52″N 90°3′6″W / 35.14778°N 90.05167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1924 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004045[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1982 |
Hotel Claridge is at 109 North Main Street in Memphis. In the 1930s and 40s, it housed the studios of radio station 560 AM WHBQ.[3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 29, 1982.[4]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hotel Claridge". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 56 retrieved 3/25/19
- ^ "Hotel Claridge". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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