Shelby County Courthouse
Memphis, Tennessee
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1909
Architect - James Gamble Roberts
Photos: Robert Deering 2/26/2004
 
 
 

1874 Courthouse
In Rennovated Oveton Hotel
 
 

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1820

COUNTY NAMED FOR: 
Governor Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) of Kentucky, a Revolutionary War hero.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The ancient capital of Egypt on the Nile River.

STANDING:
 1909 neo-classical building of blue Bedford limestone.


 
         
       
 

 

Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville is a full scale replica of the original Greek Parthenon.
Photos: Robert Deering 12/30/2005

Cheryl & Robert Deering at the Parthenon
Photos: Ferdie Deering 1953