This timber framed Greek Revival-style house, built in the mid-1850s, was constructed from hand-hewn lumber and connected with wooden pegs. The Bates House was the home of Rev. James Wesley Bates, a Methodist minister and railroad Conductor, for . . . — — Map (db m85260) HM
In September 1857 the Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroad arrived
here, drawing businesses and
residents from nearby Panola,
also known as Panola Landing,
a port on the south bank of the
Tallahatchie River. The new
railroad hub was named . . . — — Map (db m173899) HM
The Batesville Magnolia Cemetery was
established before the Civil War. Land for
the cemetery was donated by a local citizen,
Mrs. Cypressa C. Vance Rootes (1816-1881) for
use as a public burial ground. The earliest
recorded grave dates to the . . . — — Map (db m235189) HM
Seven mounds were originally recorded at the Batesville site. Of these, two remain intact. Mound B is a rectangular platform mound nine feet high; Mound C is a conical and stands 20 feet high. Mounds A and D have been greatly reduced by plowing but . . . — — Map (db m102575) HM
On Tuesday, March 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a number of his aides came to Batesville to enlist participants in a planned Washington camp-in. While in Batesville, Dr. King spoke at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church to explain how the . . . — — Map (db m85264) HM
Constructed to educate black children
during the Jim Crow era, the Macedonia
Rosenwald School was the educational
and cultural center of the community. The
school was constructed in 1923-24 by
the Webb brothers, who were local
builders, and . . . — — Map (db m235180) HM
Built in 1895 by Andrew Johnson, St. Stephens was used as a church until the late 1930s and was deconsecrated after 1940. Since then, the building has housed the American Legion Post #118, the city library, and a voting precinct and served as a . . . — — Map (db m85268) HM
