The Tennessee Club, also known as the Overall Goodbar Building, is a historic townhouse in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

, U.S.. Designed by architect

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, it was built in 1888 for two doctors by the names of Overall and Peete. Colonel William F. Taylor, a veteran of the

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who served under General

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during the

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, also had an office in the building. By 1890, it became the home of the Tennessee Club, a social club founded in 1875. From 1907 to 1927, it was home to Overton and Overton, a real estate firm. It has been listed on the

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since April 22, 1982.

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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Romanesque Revival architecture in Tennessee Buildings and structures completed in 1888 Buildings and structures in Memphis, Tennessee 1888 establishments in Tennessee {{ShelbyCountyTN-NRHP-stub