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Victorian Village Information
Victorian Village, Memphis is an area of Memphis, Tennessee located in the
eastern quadrant of downtown Memphis. During Memphis' early period of growth in
the mid 1800s, a few wealthy Memphians built grand, Victorian-style homes in
what was then the outskirts of the city. Edward C. Jones, one of Memphis's most
significant Victorian-era architects, and his partner, Matthias Harvey Baldwin,
built the Woodruff-Fontaine House (1870) and renovated the Harsson-Goyer-Lee
House (1871).
Some of these three and four-story mansions now stand near the city's downtown
along Adams Avenue. While most of the original homes are now gone, several
remain as museums: the Magevney House (198 Adams), the Mallory-Neely House (652
Adams) and the Woodruff-Fontaine House (680 Adams). The Harsson-Goyer-Lee House
(photograph) was once the home of riverboat owner James Lee. This striking
eclectic-style Victorian had been unused for years, but with the assistance of
corporate and community donations it was refurbished in 2004.
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