The Visit to the Mansion

Excited… who me… hell yeh!
Ava and I jumped on the Elvis Bus ready to visit the Mansion.
Not sure how I condense 1000 photos into 20…
The history of Graceland’s is Graceland Farms was originally owned by Stephen C. Toof, founder of S.C. Toof & Co., the oldest commercial printing firm in Memphis. He worked previously as the pressroom foreman of the Memphis newspaper, the Memphis Daily Appeal. The site (before the mansion was built in 1939) was named after Toof's daughter, Grace. She inherited the property from her father in 1894. After her death, the property passed to her niece Ruth Moore, a Memphis socialite. Together with her husband, Thomas Moore, Ruth Moore commissioned construction of a 10,266-square-foot (953.7 m2) Colonial Revival style mansion in 1939.[8] The house was designed by architects Furbringer and Ehrman.

After Elvis Presley began his musical career, he purchased a $40,000 home for himself and his family at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis in 1956.[10][11] As his success and fame grew, especially after his appearances on television, the number of fans who would congregate outside the house increased.[10] Presley's neighbors, although happy to have a celebrity living nearby, concluded that the constant gathering of fans and journalists was a nuisance.[10]
In early 1957, Presley gave his parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley, a budget of $100,000 and asked them to find a "farmhouse"-like property to purchase, with buffer space around it.[12] At the time, Graceland was located in southern Shelby County, several miles south of Memphis's main urban area.[12] In later years, Memphis expanded with residential developments, resulting in Graceland being surrounded by other properties.[12] Presley purchased Graceland on March 19, 1957, for a price of $102,500.[13]Les mer