Newton in Newton County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
McElroy-Hoye House
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 30, 2019
1. McElroy-Hoye House Marker
Originally built for Marine M. Watkins, this one-story, center-hall-plan house was purchased in 1871 by Dr. J.С. McElroy, a physician and state representative. In 1891, Mrs. Bettie Russell Hoye, the widow of M.J.L. Hoye, a local merchant who founded M.J.L. Hoye and Company, bought the property. The house belonged to the Hoye family until 1972, when it was acquired by the First Baptist Church of Newton. In 2005, the Newton Historical Cultural Commission purchased the house and moved it to this location.
Erected 2016 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.
Location. 32° 19.27′ N, 89° 9.553′ W. Marker is in Newton, Mississippi, in Newton County. It is at the intersection of East Church Street and Wood Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 East Church Street, Newton MS 39345, United States
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Mississippi. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grierson's Raid (approx. 0.2 miles away); Newton County Blues (approx. Ό mile away); Confederate Hospital (approx. Ό mile away); Doolittle C.S.A. Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hickory (approx. 7.9 miles away); Sherman at Decatur (approx. 8.7 miles away); Medgar Evers (approx. 8.7 miles away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Newton County (approx. 9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newton.
Also see . . . McElroy-Hoye House. Mississippi Department of Archives and History website entry:
Links to National Register of Historic Places Registration
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 30, 2019
2. The McElroy-Hoye House and marker.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 30, 2019
3. 2019 NRHP plaque on the house.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 899 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 31, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
