During the Civil War, The Central House Hotel that was located near the railroad was converted to a hospital. When more than 200 soldiers died there from wounds or disease, they were buried here. Many of the men are unidentified. Civil War veterans . . . — — Map (db m102961) HM
George Chadwick House
(Originally Mike Day Home)
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1890 — — Map (db m243240) HM
Harper Baptist Seminary was organized here in 1941. The school's origin can be traced to Harper Baptist College, formerly located near Gloster in Amite County. Named in honor of Dr. Simon Harper, a former slave and community leader, the college was . . . — — Map (db m102866) HM
The Holmes House, 405 North Cherry Street, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
c. 1900 — — Map (db m243250) HM
This building, erected in 1879,
is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, and houses
the law office of Wayne Dowdy,
member of the United States
House of Representatives 1981-1988, — — Map (db m243170) HM
Pike County, named for Zebulon Pike, was organized in 1815. In 1875, the county seat was moved from Holmesville to Magnolia, and a courthouse was built the next year. All records were lost when the wood-frame building burned in 1881. Rebuilt in . . . — — Map (db m49943) HM
The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was
established in 1928 for the education of black
youth in the Sherman community from Pike and
Amite counties. Partial funding for the school
was provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
while the land was . . . — — Map (db m201231) HM
