Adams Avenue Historic District

The Adams Avenue Historic District in Memphis, Tennessee is a  historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It contained six contributing buildings:
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (1852), at 190 Adams Ave.
North Memphis Savings Bank (1901), at 110 Adams Ave.
Shelby County Courthouse (1909), at 160 Adams Ave., which was designed by architects H. D. Hale and James Gamble Rogers, who both were students of the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris.  It has sculpture groups in its four pediments, designed by J. Massey Rhind.
Fire Engine House No. 1 (1910), at 118 Adams Ave.
Memphis Police Station (1911), at 128 or 130 Adams Ave.
Criminal Courts Building (1925), at 156 Washington Ave.

References

Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Category:Neoclassical architecture in Tennessee
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Tennessee
Category:Shelby County, Tennessee