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Anderson Coward House

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Built
  
1852 (1852)

Opened
  
1852

Architectural style
  
Italianate architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
86000404

Area
  
6,500 m²

Added to NRHP
  
13 March 1986

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Location
  
919 Coward Pl., Memphis, Tennessee

Similar
  
Annesdale, Memphis Zoo, Burkle Estate, Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis College of Art

The Anderson-Coward House, also known as Justine's Restaurant, is a historic mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

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History

The mansion was built circa 1852 for Nathaniel Anderson, a planter. It was designed in the Italianate architectural style. It was purchased by H.M. Grosvenor, until it was acquired by William C. Coward as debt settlement. It was passed on to his son, William Holliday Coward. After his death in the early 1900s, it was inherited by his daughter Ida and her husband, Robert O. Johnston, a lawyer and banker.

The mansion was repurposed as a restaurant in 1958.

Architectural signficance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 13, 1986.

References

Anderson-Coward House Wikipedia