Adams Avenue is a historic road in

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. Once known as millionaire's row, it was home to numerous mansions, and was where Nathan Bedford Forrest once operated a giant slave market, said to be the South’s largest, that boasted “the best selected assortment of field hands, house servants, and mechanics … with fresh supplies of likely Young Negroes.” Historic buildings on Adams Avenue include the Calvary Episcopal Church at 102 North Second Street at Adams Avenue; the

Magevney House The Magevney House is a historic residence on 198 Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located in the Victorian Village of Memphis and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of the oldest residences remaini ...

at 198 Adams Avenue; the Mallory–Neely House at 652 Adams Avenue; the

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in Fire Engine House No. 1 at 118 Adams Avenue; the Mollie Fontaine Taylor House at 679 Adams Avenue; the

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, designed by James Gamble Rogers; the Woodruff-Fontaine House; and the James Lee House. The area is popular for historic building tours. The area's low-income renters are being recruited as guides of the remaining historic homes. Several homes on the 100 and 200 blocks of Adams Avenue are in the Adams Avenue Historic District. The Victorian Village historic district includes portions of higher-numbered blocks of Adams Avenue.

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