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40 Mississippi National Historic Landmarks

Ammadelle (Oxford) - 10/13/2017
Built in 1859, this is an Italianate mansion designed by Calvert Vaux, which he regarded as one of his finest works

Eudora Welty House (Jackson) - 10/14/2017
The Tudor Revival-style home for nearly 80 years of the short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South

Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building (Meridian) - 10/14/2017
Manufactured about 1896 for the 1904 St. Louis Exposition, the carousel has been in operation since 1909 and it is the only remaining two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie in the world

Lucius Q. C. Lamar House (Oxford) - 10/13/2017
Significant as the 1869-1888 home of the Congressman and U.S. cabinet member who symbolized the South's post-war regained political respectability

Lyceum - The Circle (Oxford) - 10/13/2017
The district contains eight academic buildings arranged on University Circle, significant for its association with the Civil Rights Movement during the Ole Miss riot of 1962

Medgar and Myrlie Evers House (Jackson) - 10/14/2017
This was the home of the civil rights activists from 1956 to 1963, when Medgar was killed by a sniper in the carport

Melrose (Natchez) - 9/29/1997
Built by the John T. McMurran family beginning in 1841, the Greek revival-style mansion represents the height of Southern prosperity and the "Cotton Kingdom."

Mississippi Governor’s Mansion (Jackson) - 10/14/2017
Completed in 1841, this prominent example of Greek Revival architecture is the official residence of the Governor of Mississippi

Mississippi State Capitol (Jackson) - 10/14/2017
The home of Mississippi's state legislature since 1903, the Beaux-Arts architectural style building is the third capitol building in Jackson

Old Mississippi State Capitol (Jackson) - 10/14/2017
Served as the Mississippi statehouse from 1839 until 1903, when the current capitol building was completed

Rocket Propulsion Test Complex - 9/28/1984
A rocket testing complex built in 1965 which played an important role in the development of the Saturn V rocket

Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites (Corinth) - 10/15/2017
This district encompasses surviving elements of three significant Civil War engagements in and near Corinth, MS and at Davis Bridge in TN

William Faulkner House (Oxford) - 10/13/2017
The 1840s primitive Greek Revival house was purchased and renovated by the author in the 1930s