Tishomingo County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,850. Its county seat is Iuka.
Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means, “Land of the Hanging Grapes.” A section of the city largely along Main Street and Liberty Street has been designated the Pontotoc Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Treaty of Pontotoc Site is also listed on the National Register. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, part of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy, ceded millions of acres of Native American lands and relocated the Chicakasaw west of the Mississippi River.
Jefferson College is a former school in Washington, Mississippi. Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the college was chartered in 1802, but did not begin operation until 1811. Jefferson College was founded as an all-male college, but operated primarily as a college-preparatory school, and later became a military boarding school, which it remained for most of its history.
This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twenty-two sites are also National Historic Landmarks.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Mississippi.
Sprague, built at Dubuque, Iowa's Iowa Iron Works in 1901 by Captain Peter Sprague for the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat. She was nicknamed Big Mama, and was capable of pushing 56 coal barges at once. In 1907, Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of 6+1⁄2 acres, and measuring 925 feet (282 m) by 312 feet (95 m). She was decommissioned as a towboat in 1948.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is a state agency founded in 1902. It is the official archive of the Mississippi Government.
First Presbyterian Church of Natchez is a historic church at 117 S. Pearl Street in Natchez, Mississippi. It was built in 1830 with Greek Revival and Federal style architectural features. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It also became a contributing property to the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in 1979. For many years The Manse housed its pastors.
Patrick Henry Weathers, commonly known as P.H. Weathers, was an American architect of Jackson, Mississippi.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
The Stone County Courthouse was constructed in 1917-18 and serves as the seat of county government for Stone County, Mississippi. The courthouse was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1996.
Edgar Lucian Malvaney (1896–1970) was an architect in Jackson, Mississippi. He designed many buildings, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places including the War Memorial Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hinds County as a contributing property to the Old Capitol. Malvaney worked for Theodore Link, C. H. Lindley and was involved in a partnership with his cousin Emmett J. Hull before opening his own firm.
Claude H. Lindsley was an American architect based in Mississippi.
The Leaf River Bridge was constructed in 1907 and spans the Leaf River in Greene County, Mississippi. When a new bridge was constructed across the Leaf River on a county road north of McLain, the old bridge was removed from service and access was terminated. The 1907 bridge was declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1987 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Amite County Courthouse is in Liberty, Mississippi, the county seat for Amite County, Mississippi. It was built from 1839–1841 and is the oldest extant county courthouse building in the state. It is a Mississippi Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A historical marker commemorates its history.
Chickasaw County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in Houston, Mississippi, one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It is a Mississippi Landmark. There is also a Chickasaw County Courthouse in Okolona, Mississippi.
The Amite Female Seminary was a seminary in Liberty, Mississippi in Amite County. One building survives and is a Mississippi Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clay County Agricultural High School, also known as Pheba High School and West Clay County Agricultural School, was an agricultural high school in Pheba, Mississippi. Its main building survives. A two-story dormitory building was demolished in 2009. The buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and are Mississippi Landmarks.
West Point Colored High School was a school for African American students in West Point, Mississippi. It was designed by E L. Malvaney of Jackson, Mississippi and constructed in 1946. It is at 425 Fifth Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Mississippi Landmark. After desegregation it was used as Northside School.
