First Horizon Bank Tower

The First Horizon Bank Tower (formerly First National Bank Building and First Tennessee Bank Building) is a high-rise office building in Memphis, Tennessee.

First Horizon Bank Tower
Former names	First Tennessee bank Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Architectural style	International style
Address	165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Coordinates	35.1443°N 90.0508°W / 35.1443; -90.0508 90° 3' 3.186" W
Construction started	May 16, 1962[1]
Completed	1964
Height	332 ft (101 m)
Technical details
Floor count	25
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Walk C. Jones Jr.[1]
Structural engineer	Gardner & Howe[1]
Main contractor	J.A. Jones Construction[1]
Other information
Public transit access	MATA  Main Street   Madison Avenue

The building's namesake is its main tenant First Horizon Bank. It is currently the seventh tallest building in the city. Light panels adorn the sides of the building, which are used to illuminate various images on the side of the building at night.

History

The site was originally occupied by the Goodwyn Institute, an institutional office building completed in 1927. Construction of the building began in 1961 and was completed in 1964. Its formal ribbon-cutting ceremony occurred on March 22, 1964, and former state senator Lewis Taliaferro making the first transaction at the building.^[2]