The Hunt-Phelan Home
During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as a Federal Hospital. During Reconstruction, it served as an office of the Freedman's Bureau, and a school for former slaves was on the grounds.
Construction of the house started in 1828 and was completed in 1832. It has been owned by members of the same family to the present.
Marker is on Beale Street 0.2 miles east of South Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
