Evergreen Historic District is one of the oldest neighborhoods in

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Geography

The Evergreen Historic District is bounded on the South by Poplar Avenue from its intersection with East Parkway to Avalon Street. The district boundary then follows Avalon Street to Court Avenue. The district boundary then follows Court Avenue westward until its intersection with Stonewall Avenue. The district boundary then continues North on Stonewall until its intersection with Poplar, at which point in the west direction Poplar is again the Southern boundary until its intersection with Cleveland. The Evergreen Historic District is bounded on the East by East Parkway, from the West by Cleveland Avenue, and from the North by North Parkway. Properties on the North adjacent North Parkway, on the South adjacent Court Avenue between Avalon Street and McNeil Street, and properties on the South side of Poplar Avenue between Kenilworth Place and Cleveland are also included within the boundaries of Evergreen Historic District. Evergreen is located in the area of Memphis known as Midtown. This area of the city includes

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, which is one of the largest urban parks in the nation; it also includes the

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Community

Evergreen is unique to Midtown because there is a mix of old and new homes, due to the attempt to split the neighborhood, and Overton Park, in half to make way for

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(see Sam Cooper Boulevard). The neighborhood was able to fight the interstate, and the case eventually went all the way to the

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, which ruled in favor of the neighborhood. Many of the homes were demolished, but in the early 90s, bids started and builders repatched the holes in Evergreen. Today, the neighborhood is listed on the

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References

External links

Evergreen Historic District Association
{{National Register of Historic Places Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Memphis, Tennessee