{"id":449,"date":"2011-08-06T15:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-08-11T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T18:52:13","slug":"james-lee-steamer-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"James Lee steamer bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 When the JAMES LEE (second) renamed the DESOTO was crushed by ice December 1918 the bell was salvaged and went to a plantation in Arkansas.\u00a0\u00a0 On October 16, 1970, Dr. Webster Riggs Jr. along with his wife and mother were at the dedication of the JAMES LEE bell.\u00a0\u00a0 Previously in May of 1961 the\u00a0Riggs gave the bell to the James Lee Memorial which was started by James Lee’s daughter Miss Rosa Lee.\u00a0\u00a0 Rosa Lee began the James Lee Memorial Art Academy in 1929 when she deeded the house to the city of Memphis.\u00a0\u00a0 The James Lee Memorial Art Accademy occupied the home until 1959 when the Art Accademy moved to its current home in Overton Park and became the Memphis Art Accademy.\u00a0 At the October 16, 1970 dedication, plans were announced to restore the James Lee house.\u00a0 Nothing developed from those announced plans and the house has\u00a0been vacant since the Art Academy moved from the James Lee House.\u00a0 The house is currently for sale by the City of\u00a0 Memphis and likely will be converted into a bed and breakfast.\u00a0 The Woodruff-Fountain House next to the James Lee home was also owned by Rosa Lee who donated it along with the Lee House to the James Lee Memorial Art Academy.\u00a0 The Woodruff-Fountain House has been restored and\u00a0is open to the public 1 to 4 pm Wednesday through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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