Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 87000399 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture Added to NRHP 6 March 1987 | Built 1914 Opened 1914 Demolished 2011 | |
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Similar Memphis Zoo, Burkle Estate, Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis College of Art, AutoZone Park | ||
Union Avenue United Methodist Church was a historic church building in Memphis, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The building was located on a street corner at 2117 Union Avenue.
The building was no longer in use as a church when it was sold in February 2011 to CVS Pharmacy. The company paid $2.25 million for the church property and also paid $650,000 to buy an adjoining property from a different owner. Demolition of the structure began in March 2011
Members of the family that sold the land for church use in 1912 attempted to block the sale to CVS on the basis of a restrictive covenant in the deed that required the property to be used as a "place of divine worship."