Eli Rayner House

Eli Rayner House
The Eli Raynor House in 2017
Location 1020 Rayner Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°7′6″N 90°0′40″W / 35.11833°N 90.01111°W / 35.11833; -90.01111Coordinates: 35°7′6″N 90°0′40″W / 35.11833°N 90.01111°W / 35.11833; -90.01111
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1856
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 77001292[1]
Added to NRHP May 9, 1977

The Eli Rayner House is a historic house in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1856 for Eli Rayner, a planter, and his wife May A. Jones.[2] The Rayner were well-connected: Rayner's first cousin was Kenneth Rayner, and their daughter Irene married Thomas B. Turley.[2]

The house is a relatively sophisticated Late Greek Revival-style building, with "elegantly proportioned fluted columns capped with lotus leaf Corinthian capitals, supporting the pediment with simple scrolled triglyphs...." A cast-iron balcony, original or from before 1900, is at the second floor level within the two-story portico.[2]

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 9, 1977.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 John W. Spence, Jr. (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Eli Rayner House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 28, 2017. With 4 photos from 1976.
  3. ↑ "Rayner, Eli, House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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