MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A neighborhood in Whitehaven unveiled on Friday a historical marker dedicated to a fallout shelter placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The Lions Gate neighborhood displayed the historical marker Sept. 22 in front of the storied Wooten Fallout Shelter, located in the neighborhood.
The shelter was constructed during the Cold War era, built to hold 65 people for more than a month if a nuclear emergency occurred and able to stand firm against a bomb 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.
The shelter was placed on the National Register in November 2019.
“Lions Gate is a special place, as is Memphis,” said Lions Gate Owners Association’s President Lauren Holland in a press release. “This designation memorializes our sentiment and makes it official. It means so much to our neighbors and to me.”
