Graceland Hit ... damage to the Mansion


By: Elvis Australia
Source: Sue Mack
June 22, 2011

Memphis was hit by a horrible storm last Thursday night and the Graceland mansion & grounds received damage. The mansion had minor damage while the ground lost five of it's trees, four of which were big and visible to visitors. The Racquetball building narrowly missed a direct hit from one of the tree's and the mansion lost power and was running on generator power most of the day.

Graceland Hit ...

Minor damage to the Mansion. Storm debris hit the roof of Graceland at where Elvis' office is located.

Storm debris hit the roof of Graceland at where Elvis' office is located.

Graceland Grounds : Ripped Up Tree's ...

Following we can see work being carried out on the grounds as the crew start cutting up the fallen tree's.

Graceland Grounds : Ripped Up Tree's ...

Graceland'sw Racquetball Coursts Close Shave ...

And finally, these pictures show that the Racquetball building had a close shave with another tree which came crashing down on the grounds, smashing part of the Graceland fence.

Another close call ...

There was one other building that was a little close to one fallen tree. The Chapel in The Woods had a tree nearby get up rooted and come crashing down but no damage to the  building was caused.

Graceland'sw Racquetball Coursts Close Shave ...

All pictures are thanks to photographer Sue Mack who took these photos the day after the storm. Sue took the time to take a tour of Graceland so she could go to the back yard and see the damage there for all to see.

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