On St. Catherine Street, 0.1 miles west of Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
. Eliza Smith, an antebellum "free woman of color," purchased property on St. Catherine Street in the 1850s. Her daughters and their families built new houses on the property in the 1880s.28 St. Catherine Street (above) was the ca. 1885 home of . . . — — Map (db m108276) HM
On St. Catherine Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Union School (above) was the first public school built by the City of Natchez for African American students. Built in 1871 by contractor P. E. Willman, the Union School was a grand brick edifice which stood at the southeast corner of North . . . — — Map (db m115615) HM
On Cemetery Road, 0.2 miles north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Mississippi Baptist Convention Association led by H.P. . . . — — Map (db m143710) HM
On Saint Catherine Street west of Orange Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
First Catholic church in the Mississippi valley with entire congregation of Afro-American descent. Its school has been continually educating youth since 1890. — — Map (db m103798) HM
On March 12, 1816, a group of prominent women in the Natchez area formed the "Female Charitable Society.” Their goal was to house, educate, and care for children who had been orphaned within the Mississippi Territory. The Society established and . . . — — Map (db m214750) HM
On North Union Street at Grant Street on North Union Street.
In memory of the Afro-American Experience in Natchez
Adams County Mississippi of segregated schools for
black children. Our treatment was second class at best,
but our principals and teachers were first class in their
guidance and values. Full . . . — — Map (db m224619) HM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 5.1), 3.3 miles south of U.S. 61. Reported missing.
First school for women chartered by Mississippi Legislature located here. Elizabeth Roach led in organization. School was important from 1818-1843. — — Map (db m87231) HM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 5.1), 3.3 miles south of U.S. 61.
The Natchez Trace was still active and Mississippi had just become a state when the Elizabeth Female Academy opened its doors in November of 1818. Much can be learned about the culture of early Mississippi here in the community of Washington. As the . . . — — Map (db m87232) HM
On Jefferson College Street north of U.S. 61, on the right when traveling north.
N. 200 yd. Founded 1802. Mississippi's oldest school. Received the first charter to be conferred for any purpose by legislature of Mississippi Territory. — — Map (db m105790) HM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 5.1), 3.3 miles south of U.S. 61.
First women’s college in America chartered on Feb. 17, 1819 to confer degrees on women. Named in honor of Elizabeth Roach, through whose generosity the College was made possible. Audubon was on the faculty. — — Map (db m87235) HM
On Old N Street at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on Old N Street.
Originally the home of Washington physician John C. Inge, the school purchased this frame building in 1842 for $1,350 to house the college president. — — Map (db m105846) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 2) at College Street (County Highway 512), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Settled in 1840 as New Hope. Name changed to Kossuth in 1853 to honor Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth. Home of Col. M.P. Lowery, found of Blue Mountain College. A skirmish occurred here during the Civil War. Alcorn Agricultural High School was . . . — — Map (db m155411) HM
On Clinic Street east of Old Jackson Rd. (Mississippi Highway 569), on the right when traveling east.
Locally known as the Little Red School House, the Amite Female Seminary was established in 1853 by Rev. Milton S. Shirk. The school's curriculum included music, literature, history, mathematics, modern languages, philosophy, science and physical . . . — — Map (db m92629) HM
On Tipton Street at East South Street, on the right when traveling north on Tipton Street.
Opened in 1925, the Attala County Training
School stood here. The school provided
vocational education for African American
students. Built mainly with local labor
and funds, the school also received
assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. . . . — — Map (db m244504) HM
On South Court Street at South Sharpe Street, on the right when traveling east on South Court Street.
A Cleveland High School graduate, Bowen (D-Miss.) served five terms in Congress (1973-1983). As chair of the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Subcommittee and a member of the House Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees, . . . — — Map (db m89935) HM
On North Fifth Avenue at South Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Fifth Avenue.
In 1926 the Hill Demonstration School opened for grades one through six, with kindergarten classes added in 1929. This laboratory-style school for Delta State student teachers had an initial enrollment of twenty-five and was housed in the basement . . . — — Map (db m90127) HM
On East Sunflower Road (State Highway 8) 0.2 miles east of North Davis Avenue (U.S. 278), on the right when traveling east.
Founded in 1937 by parents, Cleveland First Baptist Church, and community leaders to provide an education for children of Chinese descent who were excluded from area schools by the 1927 US Supreme Court decision, Gong Lum v. Rice. Students . . . — — Map (db m90066) HM
On West Martin Luther King Jr Drive at Curtis Road, on the right when traveling west on West Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
First rural community health center
in the United States
Opened by Tufts University
as Tufts Delta Health Center
Third health care facility in Mound Bayou
Serves as a much needed health resource for the
poor and . . . — — Map (db m90509) HM
On South Starkville Road north of East Harrington Street, on the right when traveling north.
Schoolhouses have occupied this site since Mississippi Normal College was established here in 1888. The college served as both a grade school for local pupils and a boarding school for college students. Classrooms and an auditorium occupied a pair . . . — — Map (db m155311) HM
On South Starkville Road north of East Harrington Street, on the right when traveling north.
Light Columns are architectural features that flank the main entrance steps of many public and government buildings. It is rare to find them on public buildings in small communities, but Houston High School, constructed in 1927, possessed two of the . . . — — Map (db m155310) HM
On North Church Street (Mississippi Route 245) at Laster Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
The Okolona Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1902 by Dr. Wallace A. Battle. It educated African Americans through high school and provided industrial training for young adults. At its peak, the school's enrollment topped two hundred . . . — — Map (db m102740) HM
On Mississippi Route 15, 0.1 miles South Pickle Street, on the right when traveling south.
First established as the Ackerman Colored School in the late 1920s, this school was part of the county board of education's plan to consolidate nearly thirty smaller community-based schools from 1931 to 1958. The school's name was changed to the . . . — — Map (db m140791) HM
On ASU Drive west of Alcorn Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Established May 13, 1871, as Alcorn Univ. of Miss on site of Oakland College. Hiram Revels, first president. Reorganized 1878 as Alcorn A. & M. Oldest land-grant college for Negroes in the United States. — — Map (db m117954) HM
On ASU Drive east of Alcorn Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Oakland College managed to continue operation until 1861. In 1871 the buildings were purchased for $42,500 by the State in order that a school might be established for blacks. Oakland College reorganized as Chamberlain-Hunt Academy and relocated to . . . — — Map (db m119853) HM
On ASU Drive east of Alcorn Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Ca. 1851. Neoclassic Revival. The origin of this structure is uncertain. It is generally assumed to be one of two buildings completed in 1851 for use by a campus literary society. Its architecture is more properly called Neoclassic Revival. It does . . . — — Map (db m117988) HM
On ASU Drive east of Alcorn Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
1830 - Oakland College was founded by Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain.
Chamberlain envisioned Oakland as serving the 300,000 inhabitants
of Mississippi. Louisiana, and Arkansas. Representatives of three
Louisiana parishes and eight Mississippi counties . . . — — Map (db m119854) HM
On ASU Drive north of Alcorn Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Construction on Oakland Memorial Chapel was begun in 1840 by Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain, the college's founder and president. It was completed in 1851, two years after the death of Dr. Chamberlain. While this structure was consistently referred to as . . . — — Map (db m118257) HM
On ASU Drive north of Alcorn Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In 1840, Dr. Jeremiah Chamberlain, founder and president of Oakland College, reported on progress to Governor McNutt as follows: "We have 250 acres of land... and subscriptions to above $100,000, near one-half of which is due in the form of a . . . — — Map (db m118256) HM
On Walnut Street west of College Street, on the right when traveling west.
407 Walnut. 1857 Greek Revival. Erected as a school for young ladies. Brashear Academy became Chamberlain-Hunt Academy after the Civil War. Thereafter, used as a public school until purchased by the First Presbyterian Church. — — Map (db m139489) HM
On McComb Avenue (State Highway 547) west of Church Street (U.S. 61), on the right when traveling west.
Church and Miss. 547. 1900 Queene Anne. Chamberlain-Hunt was an outgrowth of Oakland College, which moved here from Alcorn, and has been operational since 1879. Damaged severely by the fire of 1924. — — Map (db m137994) HM
On Church Street (U.S. 61) near McComb Avenue (State Route 547), on the right when traveling north.
Founded 1879 as a preparatory school for boys by the Presbyterian Church. Named for Jer. Chamberlain, president, and David Hunt, major benefactor, of Oakland College (1826-1861), predecessor of this academy. — — Map (db m138721) HM
On Church Street (U.S. 61) north of Coffee Street, on the right when traveling north.
907 Church. Ca. 1825 Greek Revival. Home of Henry Hughes, author of the first textbook on sociology, who gave this science its name. Dr. Irwin Russell, the first writer to use Negro dialect in poetry, also lived here as a boy. — — Map (db m139173) HM
On Orange Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Orange Street.
• Claiborne County native educated in local schools and Alcorn A & M College
• First black citizen elected to the Claiborne County Board of Education - 1969 to 1974
• Operated a successful business on this site
• Owned an . . . — — Map (db m104424) HM
On College Street near Chinquepin Street, on the right when traveling north.
Methodists assumed ownership and the Academy was chartered as Port Gibson Collegiate Academy in 1854, becoming Port Gibson Female College in 1881. The school closed in 1928.
On December 21, 1933 deeds were filed in the courthouse . . . — — Map (db m139047) HM
On Mississippi Route 50 at Fagan Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on State Route 50.
Named for Mary Holmes of Rockford, Illinois, who dedicated her life to education, this school was founded in Jackson in 1892 by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Missions for Freedmen as a seminary for African American women. Mary Holmes . . . — — Map (db m107537) HM
On West 2nd Street at Riverside Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West 2nd Street.
Harvey Brown Heidelberg was born in Shubuta, Mississippi, on March 7, 1883. Educated in the Shubuta school system and at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, Millsaps College in Jackson, and the University of Michigan, he began his career in . . . — — Map (db m89928) HM
Here in Oct., 1909, at Lake
Chautauqua tabernacle, Miss.
Congress of Parents and
Teachers was organized by
delegates from 5 cities.
Founder & first president
was Mrs. R. B. Stapleton, of
Hattiesburg. — — Map (db m178610) HM
On Caldwell Drive (U.S. 51) at Downing Street, in the median on Caldwell Drive.
Mississippi State College for Women, first state-supported college for women in the U.S. was founded in 1884 through the efforts of Mrs Peyton, a citizen of Hazelhurst. — — Map (db m50892) HM
On School Drive at Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west on School Drive.
The Utica Institute, founded by William Holtzclaw in 1903 and moved to this site in 1910, was modeled after the Tuskegee Institute. Booker T. Washington considered Utica a prime example of his vision for African American education. Known by a . . . — — Map (db m237872) HM
On Pine Street (Old U.S. 51) 0.2 miles north of Lester R. Furr Drive, on the right when traveling north.
On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of
Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School
had its first meeting and opened its
doors to students on September 6, 1915.
This building was one of the first
buildings constructed on a sixty-five
acre tract of . . . — — Map (db m122518) HM
On Eigth Street north of Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
According to its cornerstone, this structure was "ereted 1889; destroyed by fire 1890; rebuilt 1893." Built in the Romanesque style of Wesson's Miss. Mills, it is now the Oswalt Youth & Com. Center. — — Map (db m122520) HM
On Lake Mike Connor Road at Yates Road, on the left when traveling south on Lake Mike Connor Road.
Covington County was established in 1819, and the county seat was located here in 1829. This courthouse square has been the site of three courthouses, built in 1829, 1854, and 1894. The last courthouse was burned by arson in 1904. After the county . . . — — Map (db m110966) HM
On U.S. 49 at State Route 590, in the median on U.S. 49.
East ¼ mile. Founded in 1846 as a coeducational boarding school by A.R. Graves, NY Presbyterian clergyman. Gave pre-law, pre-medical and fine arts training. Destroyed in the Civil War. — — Map (db m170485) HM
On Elm Street south of Southern Street, on the right when traveling south.
Founded in 1900 by the North Mississippi
Baptist Educational Convention, the
Baptist Industrial College was the first
school in De Soto County to offer
instruction through grade twelve to
African Americans, and one of the
earliest private . . . — — Map (db m170272) HM
On West Oak Grove Road, 0.3 miles west of College Street, on the left when traveling west.
Hernando Central School was the first black
school built in DeSoto County during the
equalization period, when the state tried to
preserve segregation by more fairly distributing
resources to black and white schools. Designed
by architect Walk . . . — — Map (db m170273) HM
On Pigeon Roost Road, 0.2 miles north of Camp Creek Blvd, on the left when traveling north.
East Side High was established under the direction of Rev. R.C. George as principal (1958-1968). Henry B. Wilkerson served as the second principal from 1968 to 1970. Opened as a segregated school for African Americans, East Side existed for just . . . — — Map (db m233661) HM
On Delta View Road, 0.4 miles south of Business U.S. 61, on the right when traveling south.
Delta Center opened in 1959 to approximately
1,500 "colored" students from southwest and
northern DeSoto County. Elias Johnson was
principal of the "Home of the Wildcats." In
1970, it was desegregated, enlarged and
reopened as Delta Elementary, . . . — — Map (db m235173) HM
Created in 1911 by an act of the Mississippi Legislature, as an agricultural boarding school. Set on 320 acres of donated land. Students from across the United States, Mississippi and several foreign countries have been educated here. In 1996 FCAHS . . . — — Map (db m50077) HM
On Elks Lake Road at Dixie Barn Road on Elks Lake Road.
Citizens of the Dixie community built this structure 1/4 mile southeast of this site in the 1930s to serve as a cafeteria during the Depression era. The log cabin has also served as a meeting place, music hall and classroom. In 2003 the cabin was . . . — — Map (db m56534) HM
On Southern Mississippi Drive east of North 31st Street, on the left when traveling east.
The Mississippi Normal College,
now the University of Southern
Mississippi, was established in 1910.
The Demonstration School opened in
1926 during the time when the college
was called the State Teachers College
(1924-1940). The school taught . . . — — Map (db m118399) HM
On East Sixth Street west of Mobile Street, on the right when traveling west.
This building, opened in 1921, under the leadership of W.H. Jones, was one of the first modern brick schools in Miss. for blacks. Its alumni have served the state and nation with distinction. — — Map (db m118458) HM
On North Main Street at College Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Under the direction of Principal J.T. Wallace, this building was Hattiesburg's High School from 1922 to 1959. Built in 1911, the structure acquired its present form when enlarged and remodeled in 1921 to the designs of Robert E. Lee, the city's . . . — — Map (db m39906) HM
This schoolhouse was established
in the Arena community of Jackson
County by Richard Roberts in the
1890s. Serving grades one through
twelve, the curriculum consisted
of reading, writing and arlthmetic.
The Roberts Schoolhouse closed . . . — — Map (db m118441) HM
The Hub has been just that, the center of campus and campus life, since its construction as the Dining
Hall in 1930. By the 1960s, it housed the bookstore, post office, and coffee shop and grill known as Wimpy''s
and later Exit 13. Aspiring . . . — — Map (db m118443) HM
E. 1 mi. Founded 1906 as S. Miss. College. Operated by Bapt. as Miss. Woman's College 1911-40. Coeducational 1953. Name changed to honor William Carey, 18th century English missionary. — — Map (db m39896) HM
"When I leave this world, I can't carry nothing away from here. Whatever I have,
it's going to be left right here for somebody. Some child can get their education, to
help them along, because you can't do nothing now unless you get your . . . — — Map (db m226249) HM
On Sunrise Heights east of Sunrise Road, on the right when traveling east.
1889, W. R. Melton donated a
one-acre tract of land at this site
"for the cause of Religion and
Schools.” The school located here,
which served the Sunrise community,
was a one-room schoolhouse. Zion's
Hill Baptist Church (now Sunrise
Baptist . . . — — Map (db m175643) HM
On Main Street (Mississippi Route 63) at Dietz Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Born in Crystal Springs, Byron Patton
Harrison (1881-1941) came to Leakesville
and taught in the local high school from
ca. 1900 until 1902, when he opened
his first law practice near this area.
Appointed as the town's first Marshall, . . . — — Map (db m122345) HM
On Dubard Road (Mississippi Route 35) at Blanch Road, on the right when traveling south on Dubard Road.
Organized here in 1818 by
the Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury.
The 1st in a series of 13
missions for the education
of the Choctaws into western
culture, it was closed in 1832
due to removal of many
Choctaws to Oklahoma. — — Map (db m173979) HM
On U.S. 90 at Seminary Drive, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 90.
Founded 1920 in Greenville, Miss., by Divine Word Missionaries. Moved to Bay St. Louis, 1923. Oldest existing Catholic seminary in Miss. for training of young men as missionary brothers & priests. — — Map (db m81044) HM
On South Beach Boulevard, 0.2 miles south of Court Street, on the right when traveling south.
On January 7, 1855, a Catholic parochial school was established on this site by the Sisters of St. Joseph who came to Bay St. Louis from Bourg, France at the request of Reverend Louis Stanislaus Buteux, first pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic . . . — — Map (db m108514) HM
On South Beach Boulevard east of Union Street, on the right when traveling east.
Founded 1854, by Brothers of the Sacred Heart. Oldest institution of learning on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. On Beach Boulevard, facing the Gulf, the school became college preparatory in 1923. — — Map (db m108379) HM
The home of Andrew Jackson, Jr., a nephew and the adopted son of President Jackson, was located here. Jackson and his wife Sarah, who named the plantation, lived here just before the Civil War. The Jacksons sold the property in 1861. The house, . . . — — Map (db m108577) HM
Near Lameuse Street south of Water Street, on the right when traveling north.
This Library
erected A.D. 1925
on land donated by
Biloxi Circle
of
The King’s Daughters
City Commissioners
J.J. Kennedy – Mayor
M.R. Michel
J.A. Swanzy
Library Board
E.L. Dukate – Chairman
Mrs. H.W. Van . . . — — Map (db m118366) HM
On Woolmarket Road at Old Highway 67 (Old Mississippi Highway 67), on the right when traveling east on Woolmarket Road.
S. 3 mi. Once center of wool industry. Here on July 16, 1910, three rural schools formed Woolmarket Vocational High School, considered to be the first consolidated high school in the state. — — Map (db m20010) HM
On Church Avenue at Gorenflo Road, on the right when traveling south on Church Avenue.
In the late 19th Century students were tutored either privately or in academies. In 1885 the village of Lazarus erected the two-room Lazarus School known as Back Bay School, south of Laz Seymour's store and post office. In 1891, 52 students were . . . — — Map (db m122436) HM
On Cowan Road (State Highway 605) 0.1 miles north of East Pass Road, on the right when traveling north.
Once located in the Handsboro Community, Gulf Coast College was founded in 1865 by Henry Leinhard as a private coeducational boarding school here on this site. In the early 1890's the college was converted into a public school. After the original . . . — — Map (db m81008) HM
On Beach Drive at Anniston Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Beach Drive.
This preparatory school for boys was founded in 1912. The senior division campus, closed in 1951, is now the site of the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, formerly known as the United States Naval Home. The junior division campus, closed in . . . — — Map (db m68452) HM
On East Pass Road at Monet Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pass Road. Reported damaged.
N. 1 mi. Founded c. 1800. Famed, 1840-1900, for foundries, sawmills & shipyard; Coast's first newspaper, "Democrat" (1846); and many fine academies. Here Jeff. Davis attended Polar Star Lodge, founded in 1852. — — Map (db m81006) HM
On Live Oak Avenue at Silver Lane, on the right when traveling north on Live Oak Avenue.
The Mississippi City Colored School was
built here in 1914 without utilities. Funding
came from the Rosenwald Foundation, the
county, and private donations. Students
completed the eighth grade here, and most
went on to graduate from high school . . . — — Map (db m243082) HM
On 15th Street at 20th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 15th Street.
The Gulfport High School, built in 1923 by architect N. W. Overstreet, replaced two earlier schools built in 1899 and 1905, both of which burned. Opened in 1924 at a new location on 15th Street, the school was converted to a junior high in 1977 due . . . — — Map (db m102167) HM
On Friendship Oak Circle north of Avenue of the Oaks.
Designed in the Mission Revival style by New Orleans
Architect, Rathbone Emile DeBuys and built by Chevally &
Fursden Contractors of Gulfport, the Administration
Building was one of the first buildings constructed for the
Gulf Park College . . . — — Map (db m122568) HM
On Avenue of the Oaks east of Gulf Park Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Founded 1921 by Colonel J. C. Hardy Gulf Park
College provided unique educational experiences
for young women at the secondary and junior
college level. The college enjoyed fifty years of
operation as an educational institution filled with . . . — — Map (db m122384) HM
On Jeff Davis Avenue north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Hurricane Katrina
Considered one of the three most intense hurricanes to hit the United States. On Sunday, August 29, 2005, the Category 3 storm nearly devastated the City of Long Beach. Storm surge exceeded 28 feet. Six lives lost and 60 . . . — — Map (db m122391) HM
On Jeff Davis Avenue at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Jeff Davis Avenue.
This site given by Harper McCaughan in 1885 for school purposes only. W. J. Quarles began teaching 11 children in his home on Railroad Street (1884-1886). One room wood-frame school erected 1886, enlarged 1887. First brick building built 1906. . . . — — Map (db m81000) HM
On Clarke Avenue north of West Railroad Street, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1928, this school for African American
students in Pass Christian was funded by
public and private money, including the
Rosenwald Foundation. First known as the
Harrison County Training School, the name
was changed to honor a former . . . — — Map (db m243128) HM
On West Second Street east of Church Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Built in 1936, the Old Pass Christian High School was located here. Designed by the local architectural firm of Shaw and Woleben, the main school building was a one-story, U-shaped brick building with a columned Federalesque entrance portico and a . . . — — Map (db m243131) HM
Near Ponce De Leon Boulevard south of Sandy Hook Drive, on the right when traveling south.
These grounds, from September 16, 1942 to March 21, 1950, were the site of the Pass Christian United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Basic School.
From here and the sister school at San Mateo, California, over 6000 undergraduates of the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m86086) HM
This boulder is erected by the Mississippi
College Rifles Chapter U. D. C.
in grateful memory of the 104 men who went
out from this college as Company E; 18th
Mississippi Regiment, April 23, 1861.
J. W. Welborn, Capt., Cuddie . . . — — Map (db m90391) HM
Pioneer Baptist minister who, in 1824, settled in Hinds Co. and organ. Union Church in the Society Ridge Com. A founder of the Miss. Bapt. Conv. in 1836, he influenced that body to acquire Miss. Coll. in 1850. — — Map (db m89733) HM
On West College Street west of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling west.
On November 30, 1850, Mississippi College established a lasting
partnership with the Mississippi Baptists, who had resolved since
1817 to prepare congregants for gospel ministry. Founded in 1826,
MC had first sought alliances with the legislature . . . — — Map (db m219742) HM
On East Leake Street east of East Street, on the right when traveling east.
Walter Hillman was President of the Central Female Institute from 1855 to 1887 and of Mississippi College from 1867 to 1873. During the Civil War he saved many Clintonians from starvation by requesting rations from General Sherman. When Charles . . . — — Map (db m103744) HM
On East Leake Street east of East Street, on the right when traveling east.
Following the closure of the female department at Mississippi College in 1851, the Central Baptist Association founded the Central Female Institute on this site in 1853. The institute provided primary and secondary education, as well as a two-year . . . — — Map (db m103743) HM
On McLemore Drive south of East College Street, on the left when traveling south.
Jennings Hall was among the finest college dormitories in the South when the Mississippi College landmark opened in 1908. Heated with steam, every room had its own electric light and bathroom. “Jennings Girls” lived four to a room during post World . . . — — Map (db m219711) HM
On West College Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east on West College Street.
Founded 1826, is oldest of Mississippi senior colleges. Under Baptist control. Was first coeducational college to grant degree to a woman. Famed for producing many a leader in church and state. — — Map (db m89732) HM
On Main Street north of Avenue F, on the right when traveling north.
Est. 1897 as Christ's Holiness School; moved to this site in 1907. Chartered as Christ Missionary & Industrial College in 1908. Teaches religious, academic, and vocational curriculum for grades 1-12+. — — Map (db m115292) HM
On Pinehurst Street at Peachtree Street, on the right when traveling west on Pinehurst Street.
Belhaven College for Young Ladies was founded in 1883 at the estate of Senator Jones S. Hamilton and named for his Scottish home, “Bel Haven," translated "Beautiful Home." Fire destroyed the College in 1894 and again in 1910 before it was . . . — — Map (db m133851) HM
On North West Street at McTyere Street, on the right when traveling south on North West Street.
Chartered Feb. 21, 1890 by Miss. Methodists. Named for & largely endowed by Maj. R.W. Millsaps. Bishop C.B. Galloway first president of Board; Bishop W.B. Murrah first president of college. — — Map (db m51205) HM
Built in 1894 as Jackson's first public school for black students. Commonly known as the "Mother School," it was named for Smith Robertson, a respected community leader, and Jackson's first black city alderman. Among the school's graduates is author . . . — — Map (db m94959) HM
Near Gibbs-Green Plaza, 0.1 miles west of Dalton Street, on the right when traveling west.
Tragedy struck Jackson State College on May 15, 1970, when Jackson police and Mississippi Highway Patrol officers suppressed student unrest with intense gunfire. Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green were killed and many injured when bullets . . . — — Map (db m178451) HM
On John R. Lynch Street west of South Prentiss Street, on the right when traveling east.
Tragedy struck Jackson State College on May 15,
1970, when Jackson police and Mississippi
Highway Patrol officers suppressed student unrest
with intense gunfire. Phillip Lafayette Gibbs
and James Earl Green were killed and many
injured when . . . — — Map (db m109209) HM
Born July 7, 1915, in Birmingham, Alabama, Margaret Abigail Walker
grew up in a sophisticated Black family in New Orleans. After
attending Northwestern University, she joined the WPA in Depression-
era Chicago, where she met some of the day's . . . — — Map (db m178376) HM
Front
The courage of Tougaloo College students, faculty, and staff fueled the Jackson Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by the bravery and resolve of Medgar Evers, students and faculty attempted to integrate Jackson's main public library, . . . — — Map (db m115722) HM
On State Highway 27 at State Highway 18, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 27.
Incorporated March 5, 1880, and named for the native city of Ozias Osborn, an early settler from New York. Utica is noted for the great number of its citizens who have become educators of the deaf. — — Map (db m80234) HM
On U.S. 51 at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 51.
Built in 1921 with assistance from the
Rosenwald Fund and known locally as the
Goodman School for Negroes, the Goodman School
served African American students in the first
through eighth grades in the Goodman-Pickens
area. Local Black citizens . . . — — Map (db m219758) HM
On Mississippi Route 17, 0.1 miles south of Old Wire Road, on the left when traveling south.
Dr. Arenia Mallory (1904-1977), a native
of Jacksonville, Illinois, was a graduate
of Jackson State University and the
University of Illinois and was awarded a
Ph.D. from Bethune-Cookman College. In
1926, Mallory came to Lexington, where . . . — — Map (db m219761) HM
On Mississippi Route 17 at Torrey Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 17.
St. Paul Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the founder of the COGIC denomination. St. Paul has served as "Mother Church for the COGIC since its construction here in 1906. Saints Academy. formerly . . . — — Map (db m140853) HM
On Mississippi Route 17, 0.2 miles south of Mississippi Route 14, on the right when traveling south.
Here in 1849, Robert Morris, Mason, schoolmaster, began movement that resulted in creation of the Order of the Eastern Star. Schoolhouse has also housed Masons and Co. C 15th Miss. Inf. C.S.A. — — Map (db m140863) HM
On Court Street east of Court Street, on the right when traveling east.
Unita Blackwell, born in a sharecropper's
shack in Lula, Mississippi, on March 18, 1933,
became a SNCC activist in 1964 and
represented the MFDP at the 1964
Democratic National Convention. She was
instrumental in Head Start, MACE, and
the . . . — — Map (db m235171) HM
On South Cummings Street north of West Mattox Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Fulton Grammar School was designed by architect J.B. Lawson and built with Work Projects Administration assistance in 1939. This one-story brick building of nineteen rooms included a library, music room, kindergarten, office, and a 550-seat . . . — — Map (db m102622) HM
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