Mississippi
Historic Sites & Landmarks in Mississippi
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Blossom Lodge (Finley B. Hewes House)
Gulfport, Mississippi
1904
Blossom Lodge was a Colonial Revival home constructed in 1904 for Finley B. Hewes, the first mayor of Gulfport. It was added to the National Register in 2002 and destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg, Mississippi
1862-63
The Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the battlefield of the Vicksburg Campaign in the Civil War. The extensive park is dotted with over 1,400 monuments and memorials and includes a museum showcasing the ironclad ship U.S.S. Cairo.
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Windsor Ruins
Port Gibson, Mississippi
1859-61
Only 23 crumbling Corinthian columns remain of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion in Mississippi. Designed by David Shroder for cotton planter Smith Daniell, the mansion was completed in 1861 as part of a vast plantation.
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Starkville Colored Cemetery
Starkville, Mississippi
- Rosedale Historic District Rosedale, Mississippi
- Foster-Fair House Louisville, Mississippi
- Hernando South Side (Magnolia) Historic District Hernando, Mississippi
- Carr Central High School Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Hinds County Armory Jackson, Mississippi 1927
- Sedgewood Plantation Canton, Mississippi 1842
