National Register of Historic Places - Mississippi (MS), Neshoba County

Neshoba County Mississippi has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Downtown Philadelphia Historic District, Nanih Waiya Cave Mound, Nanih Waiya Cave Mound and Neshoba County Fair Historic District and Downtown Philadelphia Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Neshoba County places including Neal A. Melick and WPA. Prominent architectural styles found in Neshoba Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Downtown Philadelphia Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000280)

Roughly bounded by Myrtle, Peachtree, Walnut, and Pecan , Philadelphia

Ichabod, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant, Restaurant, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Mount Zion Methodist Church (added 2018 - - #100001029)

11191 County Road 741, Philadelphia

Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Ethnic Heritage, Black

Period of Significance:

1964-1968 AD

Nanih Waiya Cave Mound (added 1973 - - #73001023)

Address Restricted , Philadelphia

Ditch Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Choctaw

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Neshoba County Fair Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002294)

NW of Neshoba on MS 21 , Neshoba

Ditch Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Agriculture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Fair, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Fair, Sport Facility

More Information:

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Philadelphia Historic District (added 1983 - - #83000964)

Holland and Poplar Aves., Jefferson, Watkins and Welsh Sts. , Philadelphia

Ditch Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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US Post Office (Philadelphia), Old (added 1995 - - #95000788)

Also known as Philadelphia Police Station

523 Main St. , Philadelphia

Ditch Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

WPA, Melick, Neal A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

More Information:

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