Darnell, Rowland J., House

1433 Union Ave., Memphis, Tennessee. County/parish: Shelby.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 26, 1979. NRIS 79002466.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Rowland J. Darnell House

The Rowland J. Darnell House is a historic mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was built in 1907 for Rowland Jones Darnell, a lumber dealer from the North. By 1917, it had been acquired by the hardware dealer A. R. Orgill, followed by another hardware dealer named Leslie Martin Stratton from 1919 to 1924. It was purchased by The Nineteenth Century Club in 1926.

The house was designed in the Colonial Revival architectural style, with Beaux Arts features. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 26, 1979.

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