Vance-Pontotoc Historic District

	Vance-Pontotoc Historic District
	Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	An irregular pattern along Vance and Pontotoc Aves., Memphis, Tennessee
Area	31 acres (13 ha)
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Italianate, Queen Anne, Shotgun
NRHP reference No.	80003874
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 19, 1980
Removed from NRHP	March 18, 1987

The Vance-Pontotoc Historic District, in Memphis, Tennessee, was a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It included 69 contributing buildings on 31 acres (13 ha).^[1] It was listed in 1980 for its architectural significance.^[1] It included a number of early shotgun houses, which the Tennessee Encyclopedia has noted were endangered and "disappearing rapidly".^[2] The shotgun houses and/or other residences included Late Victorian, Queen Anne, and Italianate styling.^[1]

The district borders made an irregular pattern along Vance and Pontotoc Avenues in Memphis.^[1] Twelve of the buildings were destroyed by fire between 1979 and 1982. Only 12 of the 65 listed buildings remain.^{[citation needed]} The district was delisted from the National Register on March 18, 1987.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ John Linn Hopkins; Marsha R. Oates (March 1, 2018). "Shotgun Houses". Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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[nris-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[tenn-2] John Linn Hopkins; Marsha R. Oates (March 1, 2018). "Shotgun Houses". Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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