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Beale Street in 1974 Beale Street in 2014 Rex Billiard Hall for Colored, Beale Street, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a military hero from the Mexican–American War.
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379 Beale Ave. Memphis: Also known as Beale Street Baptist Church, historic church built for a congregation of newly freed slaves. 60: First Colored Baptist Church: First Colored Baptist Church: July 14, 2000 : 682 S. Lauderdale St.
Beale Street has contributed more than $160 million in sales, liquor, and hotel taxes plus fees and rent over the last 40 years. Let’s do more to make Beale Street a safe and vibrant place for ...
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Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950.It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business.
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The Club Handy was a nightclub at 195 Hernando Street in Memphis, Tennessee.Originally called the Domino Lounge, the venue was owned and operated by Sunbeam Mitchell.He renamed the nightclub in honor of composer W.C. Handy in 1958.