| Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South | |
| Location: | 2117 Union Ave, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 35.1311°N -89.9872°W |
| Built: | 1914 |
| Demolished: | 2011 |
| Architect: | John Gaisford, Hubert Thomas McGhee |
| Architecture: | Classical Revival |
| Added: | March 6, 1987 |
| Delisted: | March 27, 2013 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 87000399 |
Union Avenue United Methodist Church was a historic church building in Memphis, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The building was located on a street corner at 2117 Union Avenue.
The building was no longer in use as a church when it was sold in February 2011 to CVS Pharmacy. The company paid $2.25 million for the church property and also paid $650,000 to buy an adjoining property from a different owner.[1] [2] Demolition of the structure began in March 2011.[3]
Members of the family that sold the land for church use in 1912 attempted to block the sale to CVS on the basis of a restrictive covenant in the deed that required the property to be used as a "place of divine worship."[4]