Voorhies

Voorhies is a college building in Shelby, Tennessee. Voorhies is situated nearby to Burrow Library, as well as near the grassland Troutt Quad.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and First Baptist Church.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Museum

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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 3,800 feet southwest of Voorhies.

First Baptist Church

Church

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First Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1839. The church has been considered influential amongst moderate Baptists throughout the southern United States since its founding. First Baptist Church is situated 1 mile southeast of Voorhies.

Overton Park Shell

Building

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. Overton Park Shell is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Voorhies.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Binghampton and Midtown.

Binghampton

Quarter

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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.

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.

North Memphis

Suburb

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North Memphis is one of the five defined districts of Memphis, Tennessee. It includes smaller neighborhoods such as Klondike, New Chicago, Douglass, Hyde Park, Hollywood, Nutbush, Binghampton, Smokey City, Scutterfeld, Frayser, and Raleigh.

Voorhies

Type: College building
Categories: building and education
Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.15346° or 35° 9′ 13″ north

Longitude

-89.98817° or 89° 59′ 17″ west

Open location code

867G5236+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 768701485

OpenStreetMap feature

building=college

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