Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of Memphis, Tennessee. It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker (1876-1958) and Bayard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934).
The firm Chigazola and Hanker designed the Memphis Scimitar building. August A Chigazola was born in Memphis and attended Christian Brothers College. Hanker joined his firm as a draftsman.https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5bed6d41-1346-465d-b0e8-920c4e80f75b He and Hanker added Cairns to form Chigazola, Hanker & Cairns by 1905.
The firm has a number of works that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Work Works include (with attribution to a partner or to the firm): Shrine Building (1923), 66 Monroe Ave., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed the "new" Peabody Hotel (1925), Memphis Sears and Roebuck tower (1927), Memphis Bank of Commerce and Trust Company Building (1929), 45 S. 2nd St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed With Cleveland Founders Historic District, roughly bounded by Victoria Ave., Sunflower Rd., Bolivar Ave., S Bayou Ave., & Avery St., Cleveland, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed Crisscross Lodge, 10056 Poplar Ave., Collierville, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed B. Lowenstein & Brothers Building, 27 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker and Cairns), NRHP-listed Memphis Trust Building, 12 S. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed National Bank of Commerce Building, 200 S. Pruett St., Paragould, Arkansas (Hankers and Cairns), NRHP-listed Joseph Newburger House, built 1912, 168 E. Parkway, South, Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker & Cairns), NRHP-listed now the Memphis Theological Seminary Scimitar Building, 179 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tennessee (Hanker, William J.), NRHP-listed Scottish Rite Temple (Memphis, Tennessee) (Hanker and Cairns), Memphis Cutrer Mansion, 109 Clark Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi (Hanker & Cairns) Peabody Hotel Nineteenth Century Club
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