Graceland biography

Home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, US

For other uses, see Graceland (disambiguation).

United States historic place

Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre (5.6-hectare) estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, once owned by American singer Elvis Presley.

Presley is buried there, as are his parents, paternal grandmother, grandson, and daughter.

When was graceland built

Graceland is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven neighborhood, about nine miles (14 kilometres) south of central Memphis and fewer than four miles (6.4 km) north of the Mississippi border.^[5] It was opened to the public as a house museum on June 7, 1982, and attracts more than 650,000 visitors annually.^[6]

Graceland was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991, becoming the first site recognized for significance related to rock music.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006, also a first for such a site.

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