Graceland

Elvis Presley lived here with his parents and grandmother from April 1957 until his death on August 16, 1977. The Whitehaven farmhouse, 10 miles south of downtown Memphis, has been a museum since 1982.

Ruth Brown Moore and Thomas Moore built the Classical Revival house in 1939, naming it for her aunt Grace Toof. Architects Furbringer and Ehrman designed front rooms that opened for their daughter's recitals.

Presley agreed to pay $102,500 for the 13.8-acre farm on March 19, 1957, put down $1,000, and closed on March 25. The museum's own history puts the price at a little over $100,000.

Presley built the Meditation Garden in 1964 to 1965. After security problems at Forest Hill Cemetery he was reburied there in October 1977, and his parents, grandmother, grandson, and daughter Lisa Marie followed.

The federal record starts with Jennifer Tucker's September 1991 National Register nomination, listed November 7, 1991. Designation as a National Historic Landmark followed on March 27, 2006, the first for a rock-and-roll site.

Ticketed tours run daily, 9 am to 4 pm, through the mansion, the Trophy Building, and the Meditation Garden. The music-note gates and facade are visible from the boulevard without a ticket.