When was Graceland's built and who owned it before Elvis

Graceland Farms was originally owned by S.C. Toof, founder of S.C. Toof & Co., a commercial printing firm in Memphis, who was previously the pressroom foreman of the Memphis newspaper, the Memphis Daily Appeal.
The grounds were named after Toof's daughter, Grace, who inherited the farm.
Soon after, the portion of the land designated as Graceland today was given to her nephews and niece.
It was Grace Toof's niece, Ruth Moore, who, in 1939 together with her husband Dr. Thomas Moore, built present American "colonial" style mansion.

The Graceland property was originally established as a 500 acre farm during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

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