Craftsman bungalows and shotgun cottages ring a commercial crossing marked by a painted steel rail trestle, near the church CMT's Sun Records used for a Memphis sanctuary.
What Cooper-Young looks like
cross at the middle of the neighborhood, ringed by one and two storey brick storefronts. Away from that corner, the blocks run on a tight grid of one storey shotgun cottages and Craftsman bungalows, most dating from 1900 to 1915. Farther north, where Cooper crosses Central Avenue, a flat roofed commercial building in cream brick wraps the corner with painted storefront signs and a striped awning.
The , a former railroad bridge, spans Cooper Street just south of Central Avenue. Its steel deck carries painted facades of houses, storefronts and a church steeple, and the bridge no longer carries trains.
On Young Avenue, the is a pink and green Queen Anne with a corner turret and a wraparound porch, built in 1898 behind an iron fence. Peabody Elementary, a few blocks over, is a three storey red brick schoolhouse with cream terra cotta trim. It dates from the early 1910s and is still in use.
keeps a plain brick hall on Young Avenue, its facade broken by vertical concrete piers and dated to 1962. occupies a red roofed building on Central Avenue with a wooden deck out front. At the neighborhood's northeast corner, is an open lawn behind a low brick wall, with a small bronze soldier on a pedestal facing the street.
Shot in Cooper-Young
The CMT series Sun Records used the former Galloway Church on South Cooper Street as the black church where the show's young Elvis Presley takes his girlfriend Trixie, and where her parents catch him. The building still stands at 1015 South Cooper Street, now home to Memphis Tabernacle.
Sun Records, 2017
In the show, this is the black church where the young Elvis Presley takes his girlfriend Trixie, and where her parents catch him. The sanctuary keeps its original stained glass windows and woodwork, and the building is rented out today as an event space called Galloway House. Street View
Brick storefronts from the 1920s and 1930s ring a small commercial corner the same way this crossing does, with Craftsman bungalows and foursquares on the blocks around it. Both districts are on the National Register, Cooper-Young since 1989 and the Bishop Arts core since 1994. Bishop Arts' storefronts run taller and denser, so a tight one or two block frame holds the match better than a wide establishing shot. Try searching brick storefronts craftsman bungalows now.
Cherokee Street in St. Louis, Missouri
Shotgun houses from the 1880s and 1890s sit close to a streetcar era commercial strip, the same small worker scale of shotgun cottage and storefront. Cherokee Street's storefronts run continuous for several blocks rather than meeting at one crossing, so a full block frame reads more St. Louis than a single corner does. Try searching shotgun houses streetcar storefronts now.
Craftsman bungalows built between 1910 and 1935 converge on a streetcar era retail node at Virginia Avenue and North Highland Avenue, the same crossing shaped commercial core. Virginia-Highland's bungalows sit on larger, more landscaped lots, so tighter porch level framing holds the match better than a wide street shot. Try searching craftsman bungalows streetcar crossing now.
