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The Peabody Memphis, Memphis, TN

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The Peabody Memphis

Stay at a 1925 grand hotel or stop in the lobby to watch five mallard ducks march to the fountain.

149 Union Ave · Memphis, TN

About The Peabody Memphis

The Peabody is a 464-room downtown hotel in an Italian Renaissance building that opened in 1925 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its lobby fountain is home to five mallards that march in each morning and out each evening, led by the hotel's Duckmaster, a tradition dating to the 1930s. Off duty, the ducks live in a marble and glass Royal Duck Palace on the roof, and each team stays about three months before returning to the farm.

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