Memphis Tennessee Garrison House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Memphis Tennessee Garrison House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

38°24′56″N 82°25′33″W / 38.41556°N 82.42583°W / 38.41556; -82.42583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920
NRHP reference No.	100000573^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 23, 2017

The Memphis Tennessee Garrison House is a historic house at 1701 10th Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia. Built about 1920, this modest two-story frame house was the home of Memphis Tennessee Garrison (1890-1988), a leading figure in the advance of African-American civil rights in Huntington, for the last forty years of her life. Garrison was a teacher, political organizer, and influential leader of the local branch of the NAACP. She was the first female of the West Virginia State Teachers Association, and vice-president of the American Teachers Association, an association of teachers working in segregated schools.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.^[1] It is in the process of being converted into a museum.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Memphis Tennessee Garrison" (PDF). West Virginia Culture. Retrieved 2017-11-06.