Taylorsville in Smith County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Watkins Museum

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2014

1. Watkins Museum Marker

Inscription. Constructed in 1901, this rectangular wood-frame building served as the Taylorsville Signal newspaper office until the late 1960s. Hattie and Marie Watkins took over the newspaper in 1930 after the death of their father, James Thomas Watkins, who had been the editor of the paper since 1905. Donated to the Town of Taylorsville in 1968, the building was converted into a museum in 1972. The Watkins Museum is the oldest commercial building in Taylorsville.

Erected 2011 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 31° 49.724′ N, 89° 25.661′ W. Marker is in Taylorsville, Mississippi, in Smith County. It is on Eureka Street west of Norris Street, on the left when traveling west. Located in front of the Watkins Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 117 Eureka Street, Taylorsville MS 39168, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Mississippi’s Pine Belt.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Crowe Ransom (approx. 0.7 miles away); Center Ridge School

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(approx. 8½ miles away); Big Creek Church (approx. 12½ miles away); Covington County War Memorial (approx. 14.9 miles away); PFC Mack A. Jordan (approx. 14.9 miles away); Covington County Courthouse (approx. 14.9 miles away); Covington County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 14.9 miles away); Birthplace of Gerald McRaney (approx. 15 miles away).

Watkins Museum Marker (<i>tall view</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2014

2. Watkins Museum Marker (tall view)

Watkins Museum Marker (<i>wide view; Taylorsville Signal building in background</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2014

3. Watkins Museum Marker (wide view; Taylorsville Signal building in background)

Taylorsville Signal Buiding / Watkins Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2014

4. Taylorsville Signal Buiding / Watkins Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 864 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 27, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.