List of National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi facts for kids
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi. It includes current National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), and also National Park Service areas in Mississippi that overlap.
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National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi
There are 40 National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi. Five of these are also State Historic Sites. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program. A cross-reference list of all seven State Historic Sites is provided further below, which uses different names for some sites. The NHLs are concentrated in 17 of Mississippi's 82 counties. Thirteen are in Adams County alone.
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ammadelle |
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(#74001064) |
Oxford 34°22′21″N 89°31′06″W / 34.372615°N 89.518443°W |
Lafayette | Italianate villa built in 1859, designed by Calvert Vaux. |
| 2 | Anna site |
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(#93001606) |
Natchez 31°41′43″N 91°20′59″W / 31.695381°N 91.349769°W |
Adams | A Plaquemine culture archaeological site. |
| 3 | Arlington |
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(#73000999) |
Natchez 31°33′10″N 91°23′33″W / 31.552778°N 91.3925°W |
Adams | Early historic home. |
| 4 | Auburn |
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(#74001047) |
Natchez 31°32′44″N 91°23′27″W / 31.54565°N 91.390733°W |
Adams | Early historic home. |
| 5 | Beauvoir |
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(#71000448) |
Biloxi 30°23′33″N 88°51′46″W / 30.392509°N 88.862787°W |
Harrison | Post-war home and library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, restored by 2008. |
| 6 | Champion Hill Battlefield |
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(#71000450) |
Bolton 32°19′12″N 90°32′33″W / 32.32°N 90.5425°W |
Hinds | A turning point of the American Civil War. |
| 7 | Commercial Bank and Banker's House |
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(#74002252) |
Natchez 31°33′41″N 91°24′19″W / 31.561482°N 91.405185°W |
Adams | Unusual dual-function building. |
| 8 | Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites |
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(#91001050) |
Corinth, MS and Hardeman County, TN 34°56′02″N 88°31′19″W / 34.934°N 88.522°W |
Alcorn | Corinth battlefield - Corinth and Hardeman County, TN |
| 9 | Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site |
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(#73001024) |
Macon 33°00′36″N 88°45′15″W / 33.009878°N 88.754175°W |
Noxubee | Gathering place of Choctaw Indians, site of 1830 treaty leading to their relocation west of the Mississippi River. |
| 10 | Dunleith |
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(#72000684) |
Natchez 31°32′59″N 91°23′57″W / 31.549717°N 91.399147°W |
Adams | A Natchez mansion built in 1855. |
| 11 | Emerald Mound site |
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(#88002618) |
Stanton 31°38′10″N 91°14′50″W / 31.636106°N 91.247228°W |
Adams | A Plaquemine culture archaeological site. |
| 12 | Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument |
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(#100000791) |
Jackson 32°20′27″N 90°12′45″W / 32.340899°N 90.212605°W |
Hinds | Home of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. |
| 13 | William Faulkner House |
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(#68000028) |
Oxford 34°21′35″N 89°31′29″W / 34.3598°N 89.5247°W |
Lafayette | Well-preserved mansion where author William Faulkner lived and wrote. |
| 14 | Fort St. Pierre Site |
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(#00000263) |
Vicksburg 32°29′44″N 90°47′55″W / 32.495692°N 90.798533°W |
Warren | Site of French fort during 1719-1729, important for use in dating other archaeological sites due to its integrity and brief period of use. |
| 15 | Grand Village of the Natchez |
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(#66000408) |
Natchez 31°31′31″N 91°22′54″W / 31.525205°N 91.381638°W |
Adams | Village and archaeological site of the Plaquemine culture and their descendants the Natchez . |
| 16 | Hester Site |
(#75001051) |
Amory |
Monroe | Archaeological site, a campsite used by Paleo-Indian and Archaic peoples in 9000-7000 BC. | |
| 17 | Highland Park Dentzel Carousel |
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(#87000863) |
Meridian 32°22′28″N 88°43′05″W / 32.37455°N 88.71793°W |
Lauderdale | German-American built carousel within Highland Park. |
| 18 | Holly Bluff site |
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(#66000412) |
Holly Bluff 32°48′51″N 90°40′59″W / 32.814103°N 90.68295°W |
Yazoo | A Plaquemine Mississippian culture archaeological site. |
| 19 | House on Ellicott's Hill |
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(#74001050) |
Natchez 31°33′48″N 91°24′14″W / 31.563196°N 91.403806°W |
Adams | NRHP 74001050 |
| 20 | Jaketown Site |
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(#73001017) |
Belzoni 33°14′14″N 90°29′13″W / 33.237095°N 90.487026°W |
Humphreys | An archaeological site. |
| 21 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar House |
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(#75001048) |
Oxford 34°22′17″N 89°30′58″W / 34.37125°N 89.51602°W |
Lafayette | NRHP 75001048 |
| 22 | Longwood |
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(#69000079) |
Natchez 31°32′12″N 91°24′17″W / 31.536667°N 91.404722°W |
Adams | Unfinished antebellum house. |
| 23 | Lyceum-The Circle Historic District |
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(#08001092) |
Oxford 34°21′58″N 89°32′06″W / 34.366°N 89.534917°W |
Lafayette | District associated with events surrounding the historic court-ordered admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962 |
| 24 | Charles McLaran House |
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(#76001102) |
Columbus 33°29′24″N 88°25′54″W / 33.490133°N 88.431619°W |
Lowndes | Greek Revival mansion. |
| 25 | Melrose |
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(#74002253) |
Natchez 31°32′35″N 91°22′59″W / 31.543129°N 91.382969°W |
Adams | Home within Natchez National Historical Park that achieves "perfection" in Greek Revival design. |
| 26 | Mississippi Governor's Mansion |
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(#69000085) |
Jackson 32°18′00″N 90°11′00″W / 32.299936°N 90.183336°W |
Hinds | Together with Old Mississippi State Capitol, designed by William Nichols. |
| 27 | Mississippi State Capitol |
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(#69000086) |
Jackson 32°17′58″N 90°10′49″W / 32.299321°N 90.180358°W |
Hinds | Notable among state capitols for its unity of design and construction, having been built by a single general contracting firm within a single three-year construction program. |
| 28 | Monmouth |
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(#73001001) |
Natchez 31°33′17″N 91°23′09″W / 31.554836°N 91.385712°W |
Adams | NRHP 73001001 |
| 29 | I. T. Montgomery House |
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(#76001092) |
Mount Bayou 33°52′31″N 90°43′44″W / 33.87529°N 90.72877°W |
Bolivar | Former slave Isaiah Montgomery founded successful all-black town here in 1887. |
| 30 | Oakland Memorial Chapel |
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(#74001057) |
Alcorn 31°52′33″N 91°08′23″W / 31.875967°N 91.139684°W |
Claiborne | One of the oldest buildings on Alcorn University campus, the first land grant university for black Americans. It is located within Alcorn State University Historic District. |
| 31 | Old Mississippi State Capitol |
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(#69000087) |
Jackson 32°17′58″N 90°10′49″W / 32.299321°N 90.180358°W |
Hinds | Greek Revival building. |
| 32 | Pemberton's Headquarters |
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(#70000319) |
Vicksburg 32°20′55″N 90°52′42″W / 32.34863°N 90.87844°W |
Warren | Confederate General Pemberton's HQ during 47-day siege of Vicksburg, where he decided to surrender the city on July 4, 1863. |
| 33 | Port Gibson Battle Site |
(#05000461) |
Port Gibson 31°57′28″N 91°01′08″W / 31.957778°N 91.018889°W |
Claiborne | American Civil War site of Battle of Port Gibson. | |
| 34 | Rocket Propulsion Test Complex |
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(#85002805) |
Bay St. Louis 30°21′50″N 89°35′14″W / 30.363889°N 89.587222°W |
Hancock | built in 1965, played an important role in the development of the Saturn V rocket. |
| 35 | Rosalie |
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(#77000781) |
Natchez 31°33′34″N 91°24′30″W / 31.559526°N 91.408359°W |
Adams | An 1823 Natchez mansion that influenced architecture throughout the Lower Mississippi Valley. |
| 36 | Stanton Hall |
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(#74002254) |
Natchez 31°33′45″N 91°24′03″W / 31.562621°N 91.40073°W |
Adams | |
| 37 | Warren County Courthouse |
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(#68000029) |
Vicksburg 32°21′01″N 90°52′43″W / 32.35036°N 90.87862°W |
Warren | NRHP 68000029 |
| 38 | Waverley |
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(#73001004) |
West Point 33°34′09″N 88°30′13″W / 33.569167°N 88.503611°W |
Clay | |
| 39 | Eudora Welty House |
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(#02001388) |
Jackson 32°19′08″N 90°10′13″W / 32.318806°N 90.170339°W |
Hinds | Home of author Eudora Welty |
| 40 | Winterville site |
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(#73001031) |
Greenville 33°29′09″N 91°03′40″W / 33.485833°N 91.061111°W |
Washington | A Plaquemine culture archaeological site. |
Former NHLs in Mississippi
There have been no de-designations of Mississippi NHLs, but one NHL object has been moved out of the state and was subsequently delisted:
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Date withdrawn | Locality | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | President (Steamboat) |  |
December 20, 1989 | July 13, 2011 | Vicksburg | Warren | This steamboat plied the Mississippi River watershed after her construction in 1924. In 2009 she was disassembled and transported overland to St. Elmo, Illinois. This loss of historical integrity prompted the National Park Service to withdraw her landmark designation. |
National Park Service areas in Mississippi
National Historic Parks, National Battlefields, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are five of these in Mississippi. The National Park Service lists these five together with the NHLs in the state. They are:
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established | Location | County | Description | |
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| 1 | Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site |  |
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| 2 | Natchez National Historical Park |  |
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| 3 | Shiloh National Military Park |  |
(shared with Tennessee) | |||
| 4 | Tupelo National Battlefield |  |
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| 5 | Vicksburg National Military Park |  |
Includes Vicksburg National Cemetery; shared with Louisiana. |
See also
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