The Pink Palace

Clarence Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery, began building his 36,500 sq. ft. mansion in 1922. A year later, he was bankrupt, his unfinished 'Pink Palace' was donated to the city of Memphis as a museum and opened in 1930. This is Tennessee's most visited museum, it was really a huge museum, however it was another building that connected with the mansion. The mansion itself was really sparse on furnishings.