Elvis birth home(USA southern Shotgun)
Name of Building
Elvis birth home(USA southern Shotgun)
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States of America
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Originally Built: Began and completed in 1934
Renovated: Began 1957
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Builder: Vernon Presley
Renovation architects: Johnson and McCarty
Culturally Specific Time Period
Modern
Geo-Location
34.26010288240419, -88.68001531905293
Materials
Wood, Plant materials
Size and/or Scale of Building
300 square ft.
Architectural Type
Domestic
Formal Style
Southern U.S. Domestic
Building Description
The structure has a long, rectangular, vertical form in its layout. It does not have many levels as there is a singular set of steps at the front that lead you to the single floor. There are 2 doors (front and back) and 6 windows in total. This domestic structure makes it easy to move through the area, with connected rooms for habitation and a signature of no hallways. Its structure seems to follow a “box” like method, again relating back to its rectangular form. Its front stands out with pillars creating a small porch highlighted particularly with a swing.
Its patterns are simplistic ones that you would find common for not only this domestic type structure, but for the domestic types of the region. Light enters through those windows. With its simple and compact structure, the shadows cast on the inside may be similar to those found in that of an ordinary structure. It is a similar effect with the structure on the outside, simple cast shadows caused by simple shapes. Wood plays a big role in the structure’s build. The pillars that help make up the front of the structure as well as the base structure appear to be made up of this wood. In addition to the wood, there are stones underneath the structure that elevate it. The structure plays a role in the cultural aspect of raising one of the most pulverizing celebrities and its region’s styles. In addition, Its build signals a working class status of the region and the structure’s time period.
Its patterns are simplistic ones that you would find common for not only this domestic type structure, but for the domestic types of the region. Light enters through those windows. With its simple and compact structure, the shadows cast on the inside may be similar to those found in that of an ordinary structure. It is a similar effect with the structure on the outside, simple cast shadows caused by simple shapes. Wood plays a big role in the structure’s build. The pillars that help make up the front of the structure as well as the base structure appear to be made up of this wood. In addition to the wood, there are stones underneath the structure that elevate it. The structure plays a role in the cultural aspect of raising one of the most pulverizing celebrities and its region’s styles. In addition, Its build signals a working class status of the region and the structure’s time period.
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Image 1: Elvis_Presley's_birth_home_in_Tupelo,_Mississippi_LCCN2011633697 (1)
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Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons
Student First and Last Name
Julian Forster
Bibliographic references for the item
Michael Fazio, "Elvis Presley Birthplace", [, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-01-081-0001.
Collection
Citation
Builder: Vernon Presley and Renovation architects: Johnson and McCarty, “Elvis birth home(USA southern Shotgun),” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/28.
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