Memphis' Tallest Buildings
By Teresa R. Simpson, About.com
The Sterick Building is a beautiful, but vacant, skyscraper at 8 North 3rd Street in downtown Memphis. The city's fifth tallest building, it stands 365 feet tall with 29 stories. Construction of the Sterick Building was completed in 1930 and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. This impressive tower that was Memphis' tallest building from 1930 to 1965 has stood empty since 1980.
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- Introduction
- One Beale
- 100 North Main
- Morgan Keegan Tower
- Clark Tower
- One Commerce Square
- Sterick Building
- First Tennessee Bank Building
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