406 Lucy Avenue
406 Lucy Avenue is a residential building in the Trigg district of the American city of Memphis ( Tennessee ). It is known as the birthplace of the soul singer Aretha Franklin (1942–2018).
The house is a single family home. It was built in 1930. The living space is about 102 m². The house was owned by Baptist minister CL Franklin . His third child Aretha was born there on March 25, 1942. The family lived there for another two years and moved to Buffalo in May 1944 .
The house is no longer in good shape today. The City of Memphis has had plans several times over the years to renovate the house and turn it into a museum. Allegedly the original bathtub of the Franklin family is still preserved. There was also a plan to remove the house from its foundations and move it to a district more popular with tourists. None of these plans were implemented.
Aretha Franklin had little ties to the house herself. She last visited it in 1995.
Web links
- http://www.morethings.com/music/aretha_franklin/photo_gallery13.htm
- https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/34301
- http://www.onthisveryspot.com/spot/Aretha_Franklin_Birthplace
- https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/house-is-not-a-home/Content?oid=3070699
- https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/jun/27/time-running-out-to-save-aretha-franklins-birth-home-from-demolition/
Coordinates: 35 ° 6 ′ 51.6 ″ N , 90 ° 2 ′ 55.5 ″ W.