Historic Sites - Victorian Village
1 Victorian Village
- The Fontaine House, built 1870 in the French Victorian style.
In the area of Adams Avenue in Memphis, a number of landmark 19th century homes have been saved from destruction by interested citizens. Homes range in time from ca. 1846 to the 1890s, and in style from Neo-classical through Late Gothic Revival. The oldest home in the area, the Massey House (ca. 1846), was built for Benjamin A. Massey, an early Memphis lawyer. The Pillow-McIntyre House (ca. 1852) is a two-story Greek Revival home purchased in 1873 by Mexican War and Confederate General Gideon Pillow. It was for many years the home of the Memphis Art Association’s Free School. The Gingerbread Playhouse, behind the Fontaine House, was built in the 1890s by J. W. Handwerker, a pharmacist, for his children. It has also been used as an office and a beauty parlor. Noland Fontaine bought the Fontaine House, built in 1870, from Amos Woodruff in 1883. He was president of Hill, Fontaine & Co., at one time the world's third largest cotton company. The Fontaines lived in the house for 46 years.
Victorian Village
680 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 526-1469
