page_title: Elvis Presley House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Elvis Presley House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Elvis Presley House, 1034 Audubon Dr., Memphis. NRHP ID 05001217 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 05001217
context_page_description: Elvis Presley House is a one-story ranch style house in a residential neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Singer Elvis Presley lived here with his parents between March 1956 and March 1957, before moving to Graceland.
context_section_description: Elvis purchased the house on March 12, 1956 for $29,500 from the Welsh Plywood Corporation. Elvis placed a down-payment of $500 on the house. He was 21 years old. The new home was not far from his previous residence at 1414 Getwell Road.
  Shortly after moving there, Elvis' song Heartbreak Hotel became the most popular song in the nation, and fans mobbed the house. The house quickly became a focal point for fans, media and celebrities to visit. Photos of the house were published in national magazines such as Look, Seventeen, and Parade. Police frequently were called to deal with the mobs of fans who would line the street.
  The crush of fans and photographers became too much, and after 13 months Elvis moved to Graceland. Elvis sold the Audubon Drive property as part of the purchase of Graceland.  Elvis and Graceland owner Ruth Moore swapped residences; Ruth moved into the Audubon home as Elvis moved into Graceland. The property has been sold about eight times since.
  The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 2006, shortly before its public auction on eBay.
  The house was put up for sale via eBay auction in May 2006. Initially,  it was reported that 'spoon-bender' Uri Geller won the auction with a bid of $905,100. Instead, the house was sold to record company executive Mike Curb at a reported sale price of $1 million. Curb turned oversight of the property over to the Mike Curb Institute at Rhodes College.
  The new owners repainted the house from white to a green color similar to the one when Elvis owned it, renovated the fence, and removed the pool. The house is currently not open to the public, but occasionally hosts small VIP events and private music concerts. In April 2017, the house was damaged by fire while undergoing renovations. Most of the contents of the house were undamaged because they were safely secured elsewhere at the time.
caption: House with mailbox
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