Jenny Higbee

Higbee College School Memphis, TN


Higbee Memorial at Overton Park, Memphis, TN

1908
Jenny M. Higbee Memorial built near later site of Brooks Museum.  Moved near formal garden ca. 1959.

The Higbee School quickly became one of the South's leading educational institutions for young women. Jenny Higbee passed away in 1903 and the school could not survive without her, and it closed in 1910. The Memphis Trades and Labor Council purchased the property in 1921 and remodeled the building for their headquarters. In 1972 the old building was demolished. There is a memorial to Miss Higbee in Overton Park and Higbee Avenue is named for her.

By: Gail Howell

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Overton Park, Memphis TN In Vintage Pictures

The Original "Monkey Island"


Pavilion & Pagoda Overton Park Memphis TN postcard 1930's


Rainbow Lake in Overton Park 



Early Pavilion in Overton Park


1910 Postcard of "The Monkey House." 


Carnivora Building, Zoo, Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee - ca. 1910 postcard


"Doughboy Stature" in Overton Park 


 Overton-Park-Driveway-Pavilion-Memphis-Tennessee-1905c-postcard 


1910 postcard | by Sunken Gardens, Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, ca. 1910 postcard 


Entrance to Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn. - ca. 1940 postcard


Postcard Of Memphis Zoo Entrance 


1937 Brooks Memorial Art Gallery Overton Park Memphis Tennessee Postcard 


Overton Park Birdhouse at the Zoo 


Memphis Shell in Overton Park 


Children's Playground, Overton Park 


Pavillon and Lake Overton Park Memphis Tn 1900's


Bird's-eye view of the major features of Overton Park.


Elephant House at the Zoo, Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn. c. 1930 


Parkview Hotel at the Popular Entrance to Overton Park ... the corner of Poplar and Tucker/Kenilworth at the main entrance of Overton Park. It was one of the few residential hotels ever constructed in Memphis


Historic memphis zoo reptile house | Reptile House, Overton Park Zoo Memphis Tennessee


Monkey Mountain, Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn. c. 1920


The Pagoda at Overton Park. 1911


Ernest Withers, Overton Park Zoo. Memphis, TN 1950's