Warren-Guild-Simmons House

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Warren-Guild-Simmons House

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The Warren-Guild-Simmons House in 2016
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Location 734 Fairview Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°19′13″N90°10′36″W / 32.32028°N 90.17667°W / 32.32028; -90.17667 Coordinates: 32°19′13″N90°10′36″W / 32.32028°N 90.17667°W / 32.32028; -90.17667
Area 2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1909 (1909)
Architect Spencer & Powers
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 79001312 [1]
Added to NRHP January 11, 1979

The Warren-Guild-Simmons House, also known as Fairview Inn, is a historic mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S..

Jackson, Mississippi Capital of Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond, Mississippi. The city of Jackson also includes around 3,000 acres comprising Jackson-Medgar Evers International Airport in Rankin County and a small portion of Madison County. The city's population was estimated to be 165,072 in 2017, a decline from 173,514 in 2010. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi.

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History

The house was built in 1908 for Cyrus C. Warren, the vice president of the Warren-Goodwin Lumber Company. [2] Felix Gunter, the president of the Jackson Board of Trade, was the homeowner from 1913 to 1921, when it was purchased by W. E. Guild, the treasurer of the Finkbine Lumber Company. [2] D. C. Simmons, the president of the Bank of Utica and the Utica Lumber and Gin Company, was the homeowner from 1930 to 1964. [2] It was inherited by their son William L. Simmons in the 1970s. [2] In the 1950s, he had founded the Jackson Citizens' Council, a white supremacist organization. [3]

Citizens Councils organization

The Citizens' Councils were an associated network of white supremacist, extreme right organizations in the United States, concentrated in the South. The first was formed on July 11, 1954. After 1956, it was known as the Citizens' Councils of America. With about 60,000 members across the United States, mostly in the South, the groups were founded primarily to oppose racial integration of schools following the US Supreme Court ruling in 1954 that segregated public schools were unconstitutional. They also opposed voter registration efforts in the South, where most blacks had been disenfranchised since the turn of the 20th century, and integration of public facilities during the 1950s and 1960s. Members used intimidation tactics including economic boycotts, firing people from jobs, propaganda, and committing violence against citizens and civil-rights activists.

Architectural significance

The house was designed in the Colonial Revival style by the architectural firm Spencer & Powers. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1979. [4]

Colonial Revival architecture

Colonial Revival architecture was and is a nationalistic design movement in the United States and Canada. Part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement embracing Georgian and Neoclassical styles, it seeks to revive elements of architectural style, garden design, and interior design of American colonial architecture.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Warren-Guild-Simmons House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. "Warren-Gunter-Guild-Simmons House [Fairview Inn]". Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. "Warren-Guild-Simmons House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 4, 2017.