One of the few remaining schools for African American children built with funds from the Sears, Roebuck & Company magnate Julius Rosenwald. The school has been renovated with care, and tours of the facility are available.  

Stop and enjoy this charming square, lined with independently owned local businesses like coffee shops, restaurants and bookstores. Visit the log cabin here: it’s an 1851 stage coach rest stop. Walking Tour maps are available from the Main Street Collierville office in the historic Train Depot.

The Davies Manor Historic Site has an 1807 plantation home that is perhaps the oldest building in all of West Tennessee. It sits on a designated Century Farm, and is certified by the National Wildlife Federation as an official Backyard Wildlife Habitat. The Davies Manor Association has spent years researching the enslaved people who lived and worked at Davies Manor. Their exhibit, Omitted in Mass, comprises twelve panels that explore the history of slavery and sharecropping at Davies Plantation, as…

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Visit the remains of a prehistoric village found during a 1940 swimming pool excavation inside T.O. Fuller State Park.  Tour the museum and preserved archaeological dig to learn more about the Chucalissa people – the original Memphi residents – through their pottery, dwellings, weapons, jewelry, and tools.  This National Historic Landmark gives you a glimpse into the Mississippian villages Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto and his party encountered when they arrived near Memphis in mid-1500s.