Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1907
- Card type
- Printed photo
- Date
- c. 1902 (Early)
About this postcard
A tall, flat-roofed office tower with a dense grid of windows rises above lower neighboring commercial blocks on a city street with streetcar tracks, as captioned "Tenn. Trust Building, Memphis, Tenn." The Tennessee Trust Building was one of Memphis's early skyscrapers, erected in the first decade of the 1900s and typical of the slender steel-frame office towers that reshaped Southern downtowns in that era. The view shows it towering over older, lower masonry storefronts along the street, with pedestrians and a streetcar visible below.
Postcard Details
Annesburg, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
|---|---|
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Charlotte Haines, Annesburg, MA |
| Place depicted | Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, TN |
| Place depicted | Memphis, TN |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | White border at bottom carrying the printed caption; handwritten note in blue ink across the lower margin; light edge wear and faint soiling. Postmark: [illegible] SEP 02 1909 — undivided back with "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY."; 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; light soiling and corner wear. |
Cite this card
Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tennessee-trust-building-memphis-tennessee-circa-1907. Accessed October 25, 2026.