Hotel Claridge (Memphis, Tennessee)

Hotel Claridge is a historic hotel building in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1924 for Charles Levy and Morris Corn, two businessmen from St. Louis, Missouri.[2] Its construction cost $1.5 million, and it was designed by the Memphis architectural firm of Jones & Furbringer and the St. Louis firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett.[2]

Hotel Claridge
Hotel Claridge in 2017
Location109 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates35°8′52″N 90°3′6″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)
NRHP reference No.82004045[1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1982

Hotel Claridge is at 109 North Main Street in Memphis. In the 1930s and 40s, it housed the studios of radio station 560 AM WHBQ.[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 29, 1982.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hotel Claridge". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  3. Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 56 retrieved 3/25/19
  4. "Hotel Claridge". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2017.


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