Graceland

Gracelands was originally owned by S. E. Toof a publisher of the Memphis newspaper, the Memphis Daily Appeal. The grounds got named after Toof's daughter who was called Grace, who inherited the farm soon after, the portion of the land designated as Graceland today was given to a niece, Ruth Moore, who, in 1939 with her husband Dr. Thomas Moore, had the present American colonial style mansion built. Elvis Presley purchased Graceland in early 1957 for around $100,000 after vacating an East Memphis house located at 1034 Audubon Drive. He decided to move because of privacy and security worries, and the opposition of neighbors to the enthusiastic behavior of the many fans who slowly cruised by his home. Elvis Presley moved into Gracelands together with his father Vernon Presley and his mother Gladys. After Gladys died in 1958, and Vernon married Dee Stanley in 1960, the couple lived there for a time. Wife to be Priscilla Beaulieu also lived at Graceland for five years before she and Elvis married. After their marriage in Las Vegas on May 1, 1967, Priscilla lived in Graceland five more years until she separated from Elvis in late 1972. more information can be found here.. Graceland