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Publication Dryve Cleaners(2016-10)The Dryve Cleaners was designed by architect O. T. Marshall in 1987. It is located at 5180 Poplar Avenue in the Audubon area of East Memphis. The building is an oddly designed drive through dry cleaners. The building is in Art Deco architectural style and made of concrete. There are strip windows on all sides of the building. There is a large tent roof giving the building a carnival like appearance. There are large stepped pylons with large masts rising from them which support the roof. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Georgia Avenue Elementary School(2016-10)The Georgia Avenue Elementary School was built in 1961 and designed by the Office of Walk C. Jones, Jr. The building is located at 690 Mississippi Boulevard in Downtown Memphis. It is modern in style. The building is made out of concrete, but features rows and rows of windows. The doors are brightly colored and make the building pop. The school is built on a slope, but the architects used this to their advantage making it two buildings connected by a bridge. The odd landscape on which the school was built gives the site character. For more information see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Southern College of Optometry(2016-09)The Southern College of Optometry was built in 1970 and designed by architects Walk Jones and Francis Mah. It is located at 1245 Madison Avenue. The building is made out of concrete, and the use of forced perspective is employed here. The blocks at the bottom are larger than the blocks at the top making the building appear even larger. There are large strip windows and a tower. There?s a skywalk connecting two of the buildings, and large circles cut out of some walls and bull?s eye windows. The building is Brutalist in architectural style. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Dr. Henry Posert House(2016-09)The Dr. Henry Posert House was built in 1909. It is located at 1350 Peabody Avenue in the Central Gardens area of Memphis. It is a part of the Beaux Arts architectural style and made of stone. It has large and extremely ornate Corinthian columns as well as engaged columns also in the Corinthian order. There are quoins on the corners of the facade of the building. There are arches on either side of the house. There is a blind arch around the front door with a keystone at the top of the voussoir. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J Johnson.Publication Southern Cotton Oil CO(2016-11)The Southern Cotton Oil Co., formerly the Buckeye Cotton Oil Plant, is a factory located at 2782 Chelsea Avenue in the Northeast area of Memphis. The site was first used in 1931. The architect for the buildings on this site is unknown, but it is Eclectic in style. The site features many rectangular buildings of varying size all with pitched roofs. The buildings are made of metal most likely steel or aluminum. The most interesting part of the site, however, is the large cylinders in a row and topped with cones. By now the cylinders have collected quite a bit of rust. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Fairview Junior High School(2016-10)The Fairview Junior High School was designed by lead architect E.L. Harrison and his associates Nowland Van Powell and John F. Hozier in 1930. It is located at 750 East Parkway South in the Audubon area of East Memphis. It is in the Art Deco architectural style. The school is made of brick and features many varieties of bas relief ornamentations. The building as a layered appearance because of the central entrance tower of the fa�ade recedes as the building gets taller. The school has a pyramidal roof. There are bas relief ornamentations on the pylons which are on either side of the entrance. One represents night and the other day. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Annesdale Mansion(2016-09)The Annesdale Mansion was built in 1855 by Dr. Samuel Mansfield as a wedding present for his wife. The home is now used as a venue for weddings and parties. It is located at 1325 Lamar Avenue in the Central Gardens area of Memphis. The home is designed in the Italianate architectural style and made of brick. The mansion features a large square tower. There is a porch with repeated round arches. Most of the windows are either arch shaped or have decorative fanlights. There are many balconies and porches around the house. There is an ornate bracketed cornice around the building. There are bay windows on rear side of the house. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J Johnson.Publication Memphis International Airport(2016-10)The Memphis International Airport was built in 1963 and designed by architects Mann and Harrover. It is located at 2491 Winchester Road in an area of Memphis outside the expressways. The airport is Modern in style and made of concrete. There are large concrete piers that mark the corners of bays that are forty by forty-four feet large. There are large, square, umbrella-like structures which give the building more depth and texture. The building is fairly symmetrical thanks to the repetition of the umbrella-like structures. For more information see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Speedway Terrace Baptist Church(2016-10)The Speedway Terrace Baptist Church was built in 1952 and designed by architect Nowland Van Powell. It is classical in style and located at 601 North Bellevue Boulevard in the Evergreen area of Memphis. The church is made of brick. There is a large and slender steeple. There is an exaggerated pediment on the fa�ade of the building. The building seems unbalanced as a whole, but there is actually quite a bit of symmetry in certain areas. The building can be divided into three parts; there?s the part with the large pediment, the part with the large columns, and the part connecting the two. For more information see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Catherine Burrow Refectory(2016-10)The Catherine Burrow Refectory was originally the Hugh M. Neely Hall, built in 1928. The Refectory is lovingly referred to as the Rat and has a small rat statue outside because of the nickname. The rat has multiple dining areas and was most recently renovated in 2012. The building has many engaged columns. There are pointed arches and an ogee arch. The Rat features a large skylight, which is the only skylight on campus. It provides natural light in the most interior portions of the Rat which would otherwise not be lit. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.edu.Publication Stax Museum of American Soul(2016-12)The Stax Museum of American Soul Music was established in the early 1960s. It is located at 926 E McLemore Avenue in the Downtown area of Memphis. The theater they converted it from was already built at the time Stax moved in, but the conversion was done by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. The building is made of brick and is Eclectic in architectural style. There is a blind window and a strip window. There is a fa�ade that extends past the rest of the building. There is a large radio tower with the Stax logo on it. To learn more see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records or http://staxmuseum.com/.Publication Hilton Memphis(2016-11)The Hilton Memphis hotel, previously the Omni Hotel, was built in 1974. It was designed by architects Walk Jones and Francis Mah. The building is located outside of the expressways at 939 Lake Ridge Boulevard. It is Modern in style. The building is mostly a large mirror-glass cylinder with an elevator tower. There is an adjoining part of the building which has a step shaped roof. There are large columns on the adjoining portion. There is a small gazebo standing on an island in the middle of the reflecting pool which surrounds the cylindrical portion of the building. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.Publication Clough(2016-11)Clough Hall was built in 1970. It features dormer windows and has a jerkin head roof. Clough is one of the only buildings on campus that does not have stain glass windows. It houses the art department and the studios require natural lighting. The building also has the Clough-Hanson Gallery where both student and professional artists showcase their work. Clough has depth to it which makes it an oddly shaped building. There are large Chicago windows on the various entrances. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.eduPublication Bryan Campus Life Center(2017-01)The Bryan Campus Life Center, commonly known as the BCLC, was opened in 1997. The building features a jerkinhead roof. There are also pointed arches around the entrances like many of the buildings on Rhodes? campus. There are multiple bay windows on all sides of the BCLC. Within the BCLC is the Mallory-Hyde Gymnasium and the Lynx Lair, which has other dining options for students. The facility has many different courts and tracks for the various sports teams to practice, but it is open to all students and faculty. The pool is open to the public. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.eduPublication Halliburton Tower(2016-11)The Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower was built in 1962. The tower is connected to Palmer Hall and houses the president?s office. The tower is listed on The National Register of Historic Places and contains a bell. The Halliburton Tower features a bas relief of the Rhodes seal. There is a plethora of engaged columns and pointed arches. The sharp angles make the tower appear even larger than it is, and it is one of the largest tower on Rhodes? campus. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.edu.Publication Barret Library(2017-01)The Paul Barret Jr. Library was built in 2005. Before then the library was housed in Burrow. It was dedicated to Paul Barret Jr. for his donation. He was a Rhodes alum and nephew of the donors who made Burrow Library possible. The library is one of three buildings on campus that has a tower. The library also has many pointed arches, especially in the walkway on the back side of the library. Like many buildings on campus, it has multiple bay windows as well as very large windows on the second story for natural reading light. There is a mural on the second story ceiling of the night sky with correct astronomy. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.eduPublication Buckman Hall(2016-11)Buckman Hall was built in 1991 and dedicated to Mertie and Stanley Buckman. Within it is the Daughdrill Tower. The building features many dormer windows, like many of the buildings on Rhodes? campus. The doorways consist of large pointed arches. Many of the windows are also in the shape of a pointed arch. The Rhodes seal is on the tower portion of the building. There are engaged columns of various sizes on the tower which makes it seem even taller than it is. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.edu.Publication Rhodes Tower(2016-11)The Peyton Nalle Rhodes Tower was built in 1968 and is named in honor of former Rhodes President and Professor in 1981. The building features a large, spherical observatory for astronomy studies. There are large bay windows and several pointed arches. There is a bas relief of the Rhodes seal. It is one of the few buildings on campus that does not have dormer windows. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.edu.Publication Palmer Hall(2016-10)Palmer Hall was built in 1925 and was dedicated to Dr. Benjamin Morgan Palmer. Halliburton Tower is connected to Palmer Hall. Palmer is on The National Register of Historic Places along with Halliburton Tower and Kennedy Hall. The building features many pointed arches of varying size and some of which are blind arches. There are also multiple bay windows of varying sizes. Palmer Hall lacks the dormer windows found on most Rhodes buildings. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.eduPublication Kennedy Hall(2016-10)Kennedy Hall was built in 1925 and remodeled in 1968. It is dedicated to Dr. Berthold S. Kennedy and is listed on The National Register of Historic Places, along with the Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower. It features many pointed arches, some of which are blind arches. There are also many dormer windows, like most buildings on campus. There are a few engaged columns which give the building a castle like appearance in some parts. To learn more see Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College by William Morgan or visit the Rhodes website at www.rhodes.edu.