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

Tippah County Mississippi has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blue Mountain College Historic District, Ripley Historic District, US Post Office, Old--Ripley.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Tippah County places including Algernon Blair. Prominent architectural styles found in Tippah Country are Colonial Revival, Greek Revival and Queen Anne.

Blue Mountain College Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003383)

MS 15 , Blue Mountain

send us a photo to share

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

More Information:

archives document

Ripley Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000281)

Roughly bounded by North St., siddall St., MS and Middle St. , Ripley

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Professional, Single Dwelling

More Information:

archives document

US Post Office, Old--Ripley (added 2000 - - #00001056)

301 N. Main St. , Ripley

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Blair, Algernon

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

More Information:

archives document