$3M in federal money to help renovate Melrose High
Published: Nov. 28, 2023 at 11:30 AM CST
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Congressman Steve Cohen was in Orange Mound on Monday to join city leaders in celebrating the $3 million in federal Community Project funding for the renovation of Historic Melrose High School.
The project is part of the city’s Accelerate Memphis initiative and the renovation will create a library, genealogy center, a café and 28 senior living apartments.
The 40,000-square-foot structure was built in 1938 in the Art Moderne style and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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