Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre (5.6-hectare) estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which was once owned by the rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. His daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, inherited Graceland after his death in 1977.
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Graceland is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven neighborhood, about nine miles (14 kilometers) south of central Memphis and fewer than four miles (6.4 km) north of the Mississippi border.
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Why did Elvis call it Graceland?
Graceland was once part of a 500-acre farm that was owned by the S.E. Toof family. The land had been part of the family for generations and was named after one of the female relatives, Grace.
In the spring of 1957, when Elvis Presley was 22, he purchased the home and grounds for just over $100,000. The previous year had been a whirlwind – it was Elvis’ first year of super-stardom including historic network television appearances, record-breaking live performances, and armloads of gold record awards. At the time he bought Graceland, Elvis was working on his second motion picture, “Loving You,” with “Jailhouse Rock” to follow, just the beginning of a long film career for Elvis Presley.
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