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Evergreen Historic District
Unique to Midtown, Evergreen boasts a mix of old and new homes due to the valiant efforts of "the little old ladies in white tennis shoes" who thwarted an attempt to split the neighborhood & Overton Park in half to make way for an interstate in the 1970's.
Though the case eventually went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the neighborhood remained intact. In the early 90's, bids started and builders repatched the holes in Evergreen made by the demolitions of the 70's. Today, the neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Evergreen Historic District is approximately bounded by Poplar Avenue and North Parkway from Avalon to McLean.
Properties on the North adjacent North Parkway, on the South adjacent Court Avenue between Avalon Street and McNeil Street, and properties on the South side of Poplar Avenue between Kenilworth Place and Cleveland are also included within the boundaries of Evergreen Historic District.
Evergreen is located in the area of Memphis known as Midtown. This area of the city includes Overton Park, which is one of the largest urban parks in the nation and the Memphis Zoo. Adjacent are the newly restored Crosstown tower and the newly minted Speedway Terrace historic district.