Lowenstein House, Historic house at Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, United States
The Lowenstein House is a house in Memphis, Tennessee, built around 1890 for Elias Lowenstein, a German-born merchant. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a designation it received on March 23, 1979.
The house was built in 1890 for a wealthy merchant and marks an important moment in the development of the residential neighborhood. Throughout the 20th century, the building experienced several changes in use before being added to the National Register of Historic Places.
In the first half of the 1920s Elias Lowenstein's daughter, Celia Lowenstein Samelson, gave the house to The Nineteenth Century Club, a Memphis women's organisation founded in 1890 to promote education and culture. The club met there and hosted lectures and concerts.
The house stands at 1463 Jefferson Avenue, listed on the National Register since March 23, 1979. It is a private building, so visitors see it from the street; the surrounding blocks hold other late-19th-century residences worth noting.
The building was converted from a private residence into a women's boarding house during World War I. This transformation shows how older structures adapt to new social needs and serve multiple purposes over time.
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