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

Tunica County Mississippi has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Beaverdam Site, Canon Site (22-Tu-523), Dundee Site (22TU501), Evansville Mounds (22TU502) and Hollywood Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Mississipian, Kent Phase, Baytown, Walnut Bend Phase, Coahoma Phase, Parchman Phase, Helena Phase, Baytown Period, American Indian, Late Mississippi Period and Mississippian Period dating back to 999 BC. Prominent architectural styles found in Tunica Country are Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Beaverdam Site (added 1978 - - #78001631)

Address Restricted , Evansville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississipian, Kent Phase, Baytown

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Canon Site (22-Tu-523) (added 1987 - - #86003635)

Also known as 22-Tu-523

Address Restricted , Crenshaw

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Walnut Bend Phase, Coahoma Phase, Parchman Phase

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Dundee Site (22TU501) (added 1987 - - #86003655)

Also known as 22-Tu-501

Address Restricted , Dundee

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Helena Phase, Baytown Period, Coahoma Phase

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Evansville Mounds (22TU502) (added 1987 - - #86003632)

Also known as 22-Tu-502

Address Restricted , Evansville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

American Indian

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

Hollywood Site (added 1972 - - #72000701)

Also known as Bowdre Mounds;De Be Voise Mounds

Address Restricted , Tunica

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Kent Phase

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Johnson Cemetery Site (22TU516) (added 1987 - - #86003633)

Also known as 22-Tu-516

Address Restricted , Hollywood

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

American Indian, Late Mississippi Period

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Religion

Owens Site (22TU512) (added 1987 - - #86003657)

Also known as 22-Tu-512

Address Restricted , Evansville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississippian Period, Baytown Period

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Tunica Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000194)

Roughly bounded by Kestevan Alley, Mockingbird St., Cummins Ave., and the Tunica School , Tunica

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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