Overton Park Shell
The Overton Park Shell is an open-air amphitheater and museum located in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis Presley gave his first paid concert there on July 30, 1954.- Type: Theater building
- Description: open air performance venue in Memphis, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Levitt Shell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Circuit Playhouse.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Museum
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is situated 350 feet south of Overton Park Shell.
Circuit Playhouse
Theater building
Circuit Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 4,100 feet south of Overton Park Shell.
Playhouse on the Square
Theater building
Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Circuit Playhouse, Inc, which operates two other Memphis theaters. Playhouse on the Square is situated 4,200 feet south of Overton Park Shell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midtown and Lenox.
Midtown
Suburb
Midtown is a collection of neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, to the east of Downtown. Midtown is home to many cultural attractions, institutions of higher education, and noteworthy pieces of architecture.
Lenox
Hamlet
Lenox is a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. It is bounded by Central Avenue in the south, Union Avenue in the north, Cooper Street in the west and East Parkway South in the east.
Binghampton
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Binghampton is a neighborhood on an edge of Midtown in Memphis, Tennessee. It is named after W. H. Bingham, an Irish immigrant, hotelier, planter, magistrate, politician, and entrepreneur who founded a town to the east and slightly north of the Memphis city limits in 1893.
Overton Park Shell
- Categories: amphitheater, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.14547° or 35° 8′ 44″ northLongitude
-89.99455° or 89° 59′ 40″ westOpen location code
867G42W4+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 545060979OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q55149
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Overton Park Formal Gardens and Overton Bark (Dog Park).
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