Court Square (Memphis, Tennessee)
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Court Square provides the perfect place to sit in peace amid the hustle of Downtown Memphis. The quiet oasis is surrounded by office buildings and busy streets and offers a shady area with fountains, statues, and a gazebo, and places to relax and enjoy the restored antique trolleys going by on Main Street.
Of all the 4 original municipal parks laid out by the city planners in 1819, Court Square is the only one left in its original form. Ironically the land was set aside to build a court house, but no courthouse was ever built on Court Square. It was however, the site of Memphis' first schoolhouse. The land for Court Square was donated by John McLemore, one of the founders of Memphis
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Of all the 4 original municipal parks laid out by the city planners in 1819, Court Square is the only one left in its original form. Ironically the land was set aside to build a court house, but no courthouse was ever built on Court Square. It was however, the site of Memphis' first schoolhouse. The land for Court Square was donated by John McLemore, one of the founders of Memphis
historic-memphis.com/memphis-historic/courtsquare/court...
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Coordinates: 35°8'45"N 90°3'6"W
- Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park 28 km
- Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge 31 km
- Village Creek State Park 63 km
- Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge 95 km
- Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area 102 km
- Ben Cash Memorial Conservation Area 118 km
- Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge 144 km
- Wingmead 146 km
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park 225 km
- White Ranch Conservation Area 229 km
- Central Business District 0.2 km
- Downtown Memphis 0.9 km
- The Edge 1.2 km
- South End 1.7 km
- Mud Island 1.9 km
- Medical District 1.9 km
- Uptown 2.2 km
- Harbor Town 2.7 km
- Bickford 4.2 km
- North Memphis 7.8 km