Little Graceland Near Elvis Presley Boulevard Just Found a Buyer Here Is What Made It Special
Elvis fans have always found creative ways to stay close to the King. Some visit every year for Elvis Week. Some collect memorabilia. But one Memphis couple took it further than most. They turned their own home into a mini shrine to Graceland, and now it’s under contract for $175,000.
Here’s the full story, and why it says something bigger about how fandom and real estate now overlap.
The house behind the headline
The property sits in Whitehaven, roughly half a mile from the real Graceland. Built in 1964, it’s had only two owners in over sixty years. Musicians Dale Watson and Celine Lee bought it in 2017. They also run Memphis honky-tonk Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, a spot Elvis himself played back in 1953.
The original owner never touched the place. No renovations, no updates, nothing. So when Watson and Lee moved in, they had a choice. Modernize it like everyone else, or lean into what was already there. They chose the second option, and that decision is exactly why this house is getting attention now.
What’s actually inside
The living room copies Graceland’s peacock stained-glass divider almost exactly. The Jungle Room recreation matches down to the curtains on the wall. According to the listing agent, those two rooms are decorated just like the original Graceland, while the rest of the house plays like a time capsule from the era.
The kitchen still has its old-school “fancy dishwasher,” the kind with a transfer pump on the faucet that pushes water into a brush. That’s how dishes got washed before modern appliances took over. The refrigerator looks vintage but works like new…