Mississippi - Bolivar County
Bolivar County Mississippi has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Montgomery, I. T., House, Alligator Mounds, Donelson House and Sillers, Walter, Sr., House and Adath Israel Temple.

Several famous people are associated with these Bolivar County historic places including Isiah Thornton Montgomery, Andrew Jackson Donelson, Sillers, Walter and Sr.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bolivar County places including Office of the Supervising Architect, N.W. Overstreet, Hanker & Cairns, C.R. Smith, McKissack & McKissack and Harold Kaplan. Prominent architectural styles found in Bolivar Country are Colonial Revival, Queen Anne and Art Deco.

Adath Israel Temple (added 2002 - - #02001499)
201 S. Bolivar Ave. , Cleveland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
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Alligator Mounds (added 1974 - - #74001056)
Address Restricted , Alligator
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Military
Cultural Affiliation:
Mississippian, Baytown, Coles Creek
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Cleveland Founders Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001179)
Roughly bounded by Victoria Ave., Sunflower Rd., Bolivar Ave., S Bayou Ave., & Avery St. , Cleveland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hanker & Cairns, Kaplan, Harold
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Communications Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Water Works
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Library, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Water Works
More Information:
Donelson House (added 1976 - - #76001091)
2.5 mi. SW of Duncan , Duncan
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Donelson,Andrew Jackson
Significant Year:
1855
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Downtown Cleveland Historic District (added 1999 - - #98001332)
Roughly bounded by, Bolivar Ave., 1 blk. N of First St., Commerce Ave., and Collins St. , Cleveland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Overstreet, N.W., Smith, C.R.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Modern Movement, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Hotel, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Hotel, Professional, Specialty Store
More Information:
Downtown Cleveland Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2003 - - #03000588)
201 S. Court St. and 200-215 N. Pearman Ave. , Cleveland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
International Style, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Clinic, Government Office, Monument/Marker, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Clinic, Government Office, Monument/Marker, Professional
More Information:
Grace Episcopal Church (added 1980 - - #80002202)
203 Main St. , Rosedale
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Hollywood (added 1975 - - #75001041)
Also known as The Burrus House
S of Benoit on MS 448 , Benoit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Montgomery, I. T., House (added 1976 - - #76001092)
W. Main St. , Mount Bayou
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Montgomery,Isiah Thornton
Significant Year:
1910
Area of Significance:
Black, Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
More Information:
Mound Bayou Bank (added 1996 - - #96000187)
W. Main St. , Mound Bayou
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Rosedale Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000331)
Roughly along Main, Front, and Levee Sts., from Elizabeth Ave. to Brown St. , Rosedale
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Gothic, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
Sillers, Walter, Sr., House (added 1997 - - #97000252)
307 Levee St. , Rosedale
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Sillers, Walter, Sr
Significant Year:
1910, 1911, 1889
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Taborian Hospital (added 1996 - - #96000827)
US 61, jct. of McGinnis St. , Mound Bayou
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
U.S. Post Office (added 1981 - - #81000326)
301 S. Sharpe Avenue , Cleveland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Office of the Supervising Architect
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
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