Hanker & Cairns
Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of Memphis, Tennessee. It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker and Bayard Snowden Cairns.
The firm Chigazola and Hanker designed the Memphis Scimitar building. August A Chigazola was born in Memphis and attended Christian Brothers College. Hanker joined his firm as a draftsman. He and Hanker added Cairns to form Chigazola, Hanker & Cairns by 1905.
The firm has a number of works that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Work
Works include :- Shrine Building, 66 Monroe Ave., Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- the "new" Peabody Hotel, Memphis
- Sears and Roebuck tower, Memphis
- Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building, 45 S. 2nd St., Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- Cleveland Founders Historic District, roughly bounded by Victoria Ave., Sunflower Rd., Bolivar Ave., S Bayou Ave., & Avery St., Cleveland, Mississippi, NRHP-listed
- Crisscross Lodge, 10056 Poplar Ave., Collierville, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- B. Lowenstein & Brothers Building, 27 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- Memphis Trust Building, 12 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- National Bank of Commerce Building, 200 S. Pruett St., Paragould, Arkansas, NRHP-listed
- Joseph Newburger House, built 1912, 168 E. Parkway, South, Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed now the Memphis Theological Seminary
- Scimitar Building, 179 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
- Scottish Rite Temple (Memphis, Tennessee), Memphis
- Cutrer Mansion, 109 Clark Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi
- Peabody Hotel
- Nineteenth Century Club