Columbia in Marion County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 10, 2024
1. Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House Marker
has been placed
on the
National
Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the
Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 31° 15.22′ N, 89° 49.848′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Mississippi, in Marion County. Marker is on Church Street east of Jackson Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 423 Church St, Columbia MS 39429, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. First Baptist Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); 720 Main Street (approx. ¼ mile away); Marion County War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hanging of Will Purvis (approx. 0.3 miles away); Temporary State Capital (approx. 0.3 miles away); Birthplace of Mississippi Rodeo (approx. 0.6 miles away); Gov. Hugh L. White Mansion (approx. one mile away); Ford House (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
Regarding Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
TheLampton/Thompson/Bourne House … is a well-preserved example of a transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival house designed by the recognized late-19th and early-20th-century architect George F. Barber. It may rank near the top of a list of Barber houses in Mississippi because it is apparently a close copy of Barber's own house in Knoxville, which has not survived. It was built in 1907-08 by H.D. "Dud" Lampton, the son of a business and civic leader, who married Mattie Ford, daughter of prominent Columbia physician Dr. T.B. Ford. The house occupied the most prominent position in the 1907 "Ford Addition" to the town of Columbia, being located just to the east of the Methodist Episcopal Church for which Dr. Ford had donated the land.…
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Dr. Charles C. Thompson, Dudley Lampton's brother-in-law, was the second owner of the house. Dr. Thompson, a native of Hattiesburg, graduated from medical school at Tulane University. He served out a medical residency in Hattiesburg before moving to Columbia about 1904 to join Dr. T.B. Ford's practice. He married Jeanette Ford, another of Dr. Ford's daughters, in 1908. He bought the house shortly after it was built, c. 1910.…
Two other owners preceded Robert and Betty Bourne at the house. The third owner was Helen Lampton McDougall, daughter of the first owner (Dr. Thompson's niece.) The fourth owners were Mr. and Mrs Clyde Hatchell, whomodernized the kitchen and a bathroom and added a bathroom in the front bedroom in the 1960s and 1970s.Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 10, 20242. Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House MarkerMarker is below the porch light right of the front door.
Also see . . .
1. Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1998. (Prepared by Joan Embre; via Mississippi Department of Archives and History) (Submitted on March 17, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House. Mississippi Historic Resources Inventory fact sheet for the property. (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) (Submitted on March 17, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 48 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 17, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
