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| Above, Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Gainesville Times has posted an interesting series on Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion.
The article, "The Story of Graceland" has some factoids on the purchase of the property in 1956.
Some snippets:
When Ruth Moore’s daughter, Ruth Marie Cobb, sold the Colonial Revival house her parents had built on a piece of land named after her great aunt — who bequeathed the land to Moore — she surely never considered the possibility that it would become the most famous home in America.
Moore had inherited the 13.8 acres from her aunt, Grace, for whom the property was named Graceland.
Nine miles from downtown Memphis, it was in the rural countryside when Elvis Presley bought it in 1956 for $102,500. As part of the deal, Elvis paid down $10,000 and traded the family’s nice home at 1034 Audubon Drive to the real estate company for an additional $55,000 toward the sale.
It is the most popular residence in America, rivaled only by the White House in numbers of visitors annually. Close to 750,000 people file through to see the white living room, the dining room with the original china that Elvis used daily and, of course, the famous Jungle Room.
Music Executive Mike Curb bought the Audubon property to preserve the history, while Graceland’s honors as a national historic landmark and spot on the National Register of Historic Places make it the first rock ‘n’ roll site to garner such distinctions.
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| Above, then-Lt. Gov. Mike Curb, second from left, bought Presley's former home on Audubon Drive to preserve the home's history. |
To read the full article, go here.
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