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| These images were submitted by Robert Livingston, Jr. |
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Plan of Memphis Navy Yard, 1844
Source: Memphis Central Library |
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City of Memphis Observation Locations 1849—1958 on an 1850 Map
Source: Tod and Crider Map, Memphis Central Library |
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Signal Service Office
The first Signal Service office was established in the Jackson Block at Main and Gayoso Streets on February 28 1871. On 10 October 1871, the office moved to the Irwin Block at 256 2nd Street (Figure 5) facing Court Square, the largest park in the city. It was just one block from the telegraph office. The office was on the third floor of a four-story building. The window shelter was mounted in a north-facing window that was 39 feet AGL .
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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Signal Service Office/Cotton Exchange Building
There was a move to within two blocks of the Mississippi River to the McClellan Building at 260 Front Street on January1 1880. There is no photograph for this location. The next move was to the Cotton Exchange Building on January 2 1889. The building also held the Meteorological Board whose purpose was for coordination of weather information that impacted trade. The Signal Service offices were in rooms 32 and 33 on the 4th floor.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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Signal Service Office/Porter Building
On July 1 1895, the Weather Bureau moved to the Porter Building at Main and Court Streets. This was also called the Continental Bank Building and was located on the southeast corner of Court and Main Streets The weather offices occupied rooms 111, 112, and 113 on the 11th floor.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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Signal Service Office/Post Office Building
The move to the Post Office Building at Front and Madison occurred on April 1 1905. That building was later called the Federal Building.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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Robert W. Mitchell, MD
Dr. Robert Wood Mitchell did observations from June 1859 - March 1961 except for the year 1960. He served as a surgeon with the 15th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (CSA) and served as a Surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee. He resumed his practice in Memphis in 1865 but did not resume his weather reports to the Smithsonian.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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Edward Goldsmith
Edward O. Goldsmith began his Smithsonian Institution observations in September 1867. An article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal on June 23 1935 described Edward Goldsmith as a weather hobbyist who had a barometer, thermometers, and an anemometer.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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James Nathan
James Nathan made the observations for August and September 1868. When the primary observer was absent from the city.
Source: Memphis Public Library |
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