Elvis Presley’s True Beginnings in Tupelo Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in a two-room shotgun house in Tupelo, Mississippi. Built by his father, Vernon, with help from relatives, the home stood on Old Saltillo Road in the East Tupelo community. Elvis was delivered by Dr. William Hunt, and his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon, was stillborn. The Presleys lived in poverty, relying on Vernon’s odd jobs and Gladys’s work at a local factory. Elvis attended the nearby East Tupelo

1034 Audubon Drive — Elvis’s First Home as a Star In early 1956, as Elvis Presley’s career exploded across America, he purchased his first house at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis. The home was not bought for luxury or status, but for stability. Elvis wanted a safe, permanent place for his parents, Vernon and Gladys, after years of poverty and constant moving. The house was a modest, single-story ranch in a quiet residential neighborhood, far from the grand image people later associated with him.