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Julie McCullough

Julie McCullough grew up in Millington, Tenn. She received a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and M.A. in Teaching from the University of Memphis. She currently teaches CLUE for gifted students at Shelby County Schools. McCullough is behind architecture blog This Place in History.

Julie McCullough's Latest Articles

The north entrance to Central Gardens on Belvedere Boulevard.
Central Gardens overhauls sidewalk repair through crowdfunding

With over 500 acres of neighborhood to cover, replacing sidewalks was made even more challenging by the fact that homeowners — not the city — are responsible for initiating their own sidewalk repair. The Central Gardens Association reimagined the personal homeowner's financial responsibility as a collective imperative.

A view of St. Thomas Catholic Church in South Memphis. (Houston Cofield)
This place in history: Abandoned buildings and forgotten Memphis

How many of these abandoned buildings in Memphis are you familiar with? 

Universal Life Insurance Company, built 1949. (Houston Cofield)
This place in history: Ten Downtown buildings with stories to tell

A bar with a courtroom above, the origin story of Graceland's Jungle Room furniture and a haunted Masonic temple inform this list of Downtown's top ten buildings with interesting histories.  

Paisley Hall, built in 1910.
This place in history: The top ten most unique houses in Memphis

From Art Deco to Bauhaus and the historic queens of Victorian Village, take a tour of some of Memphis' most unique residential homes. 

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