Victorian Village Inc. has awarded the 2010 Preservation Cup to the Memphis chapter of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities in recognition of its 50-year effort in this historic 19th century neighborhood.

“For the last five years the Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum has been the only heritage attraction open in the neighborhood,” Blake said. “Now that there is a renaissance happening in the area, it is important that we pay tribute to this enduring institution. Their achievements have been great by any standard, but even more so when one realizes that this is an all-volunteer organization that has been operating strictly on funding from the private sector.”

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“After half a century of sitting vacant, the city-owned Goyer-Lee House in downtown’s Victorian Village is gearing up for a potential new tenant.

Following that decision, a handful of volunteers from Clean Memphis, Memphis City Beautiful, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Victorian Village, Inc. showed up Sunday afternoon to clean the grand old home’s 8,300-square-foot interior.”

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“Preservation groups are asking that the James Lee House, a long-vacant Victorian mansion at 690 Adams, be sold to a developer with deep enough pockets to bring it back to life.

The City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution Tuesday calling for a search for the right developer through a request for proposals (RFP) by the Center City Development Corp.”

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