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Lemoyne Owen College

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Colonial revival, Mid 20th century, School, Brick, Strip window, Bull's-eye window, Quoin, South Memphis (Memphis, Tenn.)
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G_9_Lemoyne_Owen
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Memphis Architecture Image Collection
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http://hdl.handle.net/10267/28603
Abstract
Lemoyne-Owen College was founded in 1968 after the merging of LeMoyne College and Owen College. It is located at 807 Walker Avenue in the South Memphis area. It is in the Colonial Revival architectural style. The buildings are made mostly of brick. There are strip windows on the library. There are bull?s eye windows on some of the buildings. The main building has quoins on its corners. The main building was built in 1936 by architect George Awsumb. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.
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This building was photographed and uploaded to DLynx during the spring of 2017 by the Visual Resources Center.