Hanker & Cairns
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Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of Memphis, Tennessee. It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker (1876-1958) and Baynard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934).[1]
The firm Chigazola and Hanker[2] designed the Memphis Scimitar building. August A Chigazola was born in Memphis and attended Christian Brothers College. Hanker joined his firm as a draftsman.[3] He and Hanker added Cairns to form Chigazola, Hanker & Cairns by 1905.
The firm has a number of works that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[4]
Work
[edit]Works include (with attribution to a partner or to the firm):
- Shrine Building (1923), 66 Monroe Ave., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- the "new" Peabody Hotel (1925), Memphis[5]
- Sears and Roebuck tower (1927), Memphis[5]
- Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building (1929), 45 S. 2nd St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4][5]
- Cleveland Founders Historic District, roughly bounded by Victoria Ave., Sunflower Rd., Bolivar Ave., S Bayou Ave., & Avery St., Cleveland, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- Crisscross Lodge, 10056 Poplar Ave., Collierville, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- B. Lowenstein & Brothers Building, 27 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker and Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- Memphis Trust Building, 12 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- National Bank of Commerce Building, 200 S. Pruett St., Paragould, Arkansas (Hankers and Cairns), NRHP-listed[4]
- Joseph Newburger House, built 1912, 168 E. Parkway, South, Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed[4] now the Memphis Theological Seminary[6]
- Scimitar Building, 179 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker, William J.), NRHP-listed[4]
- Scottish Rite Temple (Memphis, Tennessee) (Hanker and Cairns), Memphis[5]
- Cutrer Mansion, 109 Clark Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns)[7]
- Peabody Hotel[6]
- Nineteenth Century Club[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "One Commerce Square". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=GZwhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21-IA216&dq="Chigazola"+architect&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilw-mAwPCHAxUmfTABHQiWB98Q6AF6BAgMEAM
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5bed6d41-1346-465d-b0e8-920c4e80f75b
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Day Smith (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building / National Bank of Commerce". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2017. With seven photos
- ^ a b c "Joseph Newburger House (Memphis Theological Seminary)". 4 April 2018.
- ^ "History of Cutrer". cchec. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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