On West Main Street (Mississippi Route 178) at South Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
In 1941 the Itawamba Agricultural High School board of trustees voted to expand the school's curriculum to include college-level courses. In 1948 the Itawamba Junior College opened its doors with an enrollment of 114 students from Itawamba, Lee, and . . . — — Map (db m102623) HM
On Fawn Grove Church Road west of Fawn Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
Established in 1909, the Fawn Grove School served the Fawn Grove community. After a new school house was constructed here in 1926, the Fawn Grove School recorded its highest enrollment, 162 students, in 1931. The Fawn Grove School closed its doors . . . — — Map (db m102975) HM
On State Highway 23 close to Patton Flat Oakland Road.
W. 1 mi. Here, 1887~1904, G.A. & J. T. Holley bridged gap between rural schools and colleges for many who distinguished themselves in law, education, & business. — — Map (db m117204) HM
On De La Pointe Drive, 0.1 miles south of U.S. 90, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1940, the Gautier School replaced the Lyon School, built in 1918 and located 3 miles west at Hilda. The Lyon School consolidated other schools in the area, including the "Little Red Schoolhouse," built in 1890 by Walter Gautier. The "Little . . . — — Map (db m20045) HM
On Government Street, on the left when traveling west.
Built in 1927 as the Ocean Springs Public School. Designed by William Nolan, the building includes panels painted by artist Walter Anderson. In 1998, the building was renamed for Mary C. O'Keefe (1893-1980), first female school superintendent in . . . — — Map (db m25820) HM
On County Highway 20, 0.2 miles west of State Highway 15, on the left when traveling west.
Organized on July 31, 1841, with eighteen members. The present church was built in 1907. The first pastor was Dr. John H. Gray. Dr. John N. Waddel, a charter member who donated the land for the church and cemetery, served as Chancellor of the . . . — — Map (db m173381) HM
On U.S. 61, 1 mile south of Stampley Road, on the left when traveling south.
Blue Mountain College was founded in 1873 as a Christian liberal arts college for women. Significant events at the College since its founding include affiliation with the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920; the addition of a ministerial program . . . — — Map (db m105974) HM
On U.S. 61, 1 mile south of Stampley Road, on the left when traveling south.
Mississippi College, in Clinton, MS, was established as Hampstead Academy in 1826. The name was changed to Mississippi College in 1830. MC became the oldest university in Mississippi and the second oldest Baptist university in the United States. In . . . — — Map (db m105973) HM
On U.S. 61, 1 mile south of Stampley Road, on the left when traveling south.
Reverend L.S.Foster of Senatobia, the Founding Father of The Baptist Children's Village, sought the Lord's direction in providing a safe place for Mississippi children who needed a place to grow spiritually as well as physically.Reverend Foster . . . — — Map (db m106150) HM
On U.S. 61, 1 mile south of Stampley Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1906, William Carey University began in Hattiesburg as South Mississippi College. Noted educator W.I. Thames served as president. A devastating fire destroyed the college in 1910. W.S.F. Tatum, a Hattiesburg business leader, acquired the . . . — — Map (db m106143) HM
On Muddy Bayou Road north of Rodney Road, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Rush Nutt, who built Laurel Hill Plantation about 1815, is known for his agricultural and scientific study for initiating improvements in agricultural implements and techniques and for his civic contributions in early statehood days in . . . — — Map (db m119961) HM
On East St Stephens Road, 0.1 miles east of J E Johnson Road, on the left when traveling east.
Tobias Magee, a veteran of the War of 1812, came to Mississippi ca. 1815, where he and his wife, Nancy Stevens Magee, reared their seventeen children. By 1841 Magee had purchased over eighty acres of land in this area and began to raise cotton and . . . — — Map (db m173374) HM
On Queensburg Avenue at Oak Park Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Queensburg Avenue.
Oak Park Vocational High School, located at this site, opened in September, 1928. Based on the pattern of Tuskegee Institute, the school provided academic, vocational, and agricultural education to African American students, and included faculty . . . — — Map (db m110988) HM
On County Road 115, 0.2 miles south of State Route 7, on the right when traveling south.
The Abbeville Colored School was built in 1950
as part of Mississippi's school equalization
program, in which to forestall integration,
new schools were built for Black students.
Half of the funding for the original, four-
classroom building . . . — — Map (db m219952) HM
On North 14th Street north of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar from 1868 to 1888. Lamar was an educator at the University of Mississippi; a colonel, 19th Miss. Inf., CSA; a U.S. congressman; senator; Secretary of the Interior; and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme . . . — — Map (db m102883) HM
On Courthouse Square at East Jackson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Courthouse Square.
Chartered in 1836 on Chickasaw cession land, Oxford was named for the university town in England and became home to the University of Mississippi in 1848. During the Civil War, Generals Grant and Sherman met in Oxford (1862), and the Square and many . . . — — Map (db m102878) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Jefferson Avenue on North Lamar Boulevard.
E. 3 blocks. Here are buried L. Q. C. Lamar, statesman; A.B. Longstreet, author, educator; Wm. Delay, veteran of 3 wars; Sarah McG. Isom, first southern university faculty woman; & I.D. Isom; first white settler in county. — — Map (db m102682) HM
On University Avenue at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on University Avenue.
Porter L. Fortune, Jr. served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from February 1969 through March 1984. With colleagues he conceived the idea of the cultural center at Ole Miss and worked throughout his administration to make the . . . — — Map (db m219874) HM
On Washington Avenue west of North 5th Street, on the left when traveling west.
On this site was a five-teacher, wood
frame school building, ca. 1922-1936,
used for rural African American
education. It was one of more than 5,300
built in the South with matching funds
contributed by the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
black and . . . — — Map (db m219919) HM
On Old Taylor Road west of South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built c. 1848. From 1930 to 1962 home of novelist William Faulkner, who named it for the rowan tree, symbol of security and peace. Now maintained as a literary landmark by the University of Mississippi. — — Map (db m102988) HM
Near Taylor Road south of University Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
University High School, established in 1930, was a cooperative
enterprise between the University of Mississippi and the City of
Oxford to establish a model Demonstration High School and a
Teacher Training Program. This was one of the first . . . — — Map (db m219899) HM
On County Road 130 south of County Road 128, on the left when traveling south.
In the early 20th century, the former Male
and Female Academy, which had been operated
by the College Presbyterian Church, was
acquired by the county and renamed the
Lafayette Agricultural High School. A brick
school was constructed in 1931. In . . . — — Map (db m219951) HM
On Sorority Row at Student Union Drive on Sorority Row.
Built 1857-59 by Chancellor F.A.P. Barnard, the Observatory housed the Physics and Astronomy Department until 1939 and was the home of chancellors until 1971. The West Wing, called McCain Hall, was used by the NROTC, 1947-89. The Observatory was . . . — — Map (db m102769) HM
On Student Union Drive west of Sorority Row, on the right when traveling west.
Frederick A. P. Barnard (1809-1889) was the third president and first chancellor of the University of Mississippi, serving from 1856 to 1861. He joined the University of Alabama's faculty in 1838, and he started a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter there. In . . . — — Map (db m219853) HM
James H. Meredith,
a Mississippi native of Kosciusko,
stepped into the pages of
history on October 1, 1962
when he opened the doors to
higher education at the
University of Mississippi and in
the South. As a major figure in
the . . . — — Map (db m102888) HM
A Greenville native, Dr. David Sansing (1933-2019)
served in the U.S. Army before beginning his
teaching career in 1960. He served as a history
professor on the faculty at Ole Miss from 1970
until his retirement in 1994 and was the author
of . . . — — Map (db m219847) HM
One of sixteen buildings built with funds from a special appropriation in 1928, Guyton Hall housed the student health center and the two-year medical school from 1934 until 1955, when the medical school was expanded into a four-year program and . . . — — Map (db m219891) HM
On Jeanette Phillips Drive at Hill Drive, on the right when traveling north on Jeanette Phillips Drive.
Dr. Jeanette C. Phillips devoted her life to improving nutritional programs throughout Mississippi and the nation. She received her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Mississippi in 1954 & 1973, respectively, and later served as . . . — — Map (db m219840) HM
On Grove Loop at Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling west on Grove Loop.
In 1977 this building was dedicated in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825-1893).
Born in Putnam County, Georgia, Lamar moved to Mississippi in 1849. He joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi as adjunct professor of . . . — — Map (db m219857) HM
On Dormitory Row West, 0.1 miles west of Dormitory Row North, on the right when traveling west.
This building was dedicated in honor of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870), second president of the University of Mississippi.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Longstreet graduated from Yale and studied at Tapping Reeve's Litchfield, Connecticut, . . . — — Map (db m219895) HM
On University Circle at University Avenue, on the left when traveling west on University Circle.
Lyceum — The Circle
Historic District
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This district possesses national significance in
commemorating the history of the United States of America . . . — — Map (db m103003) HM
On Sorority Row north of Northgate Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Named in honor of
James Wesley Silver
(1907-88)
History professor (1936-64)
“He changed my life,” wrote a distinguished alumnus of this
intellectually stimulating teacher, department chair (1946-57),
president of Southern Historical . . . — — Map (db m219852) HM
Agence France-Presse journalist Paul Guihard was one of more than 300 journalists who watched the chaos surrounding the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. He was murdered on campus near the student union around 9 P.M., . . . — — Map (db m102889) HM
On University Circle at Library Lane, on the right when traveling south on University Circle.
The Lyceum, which opened for the first University of Mississippi class in 1848, symbolizes the origins, endurance, and triumphs of higher education in Mississippi. During the Civil War, the building served as a hospital for Union and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m102753) HM
On University Circle, 0.2 miles west of Grove Loop, on the right when traveling west.
The Old Chapel was originally constructed in 1853 as a dormitory. Its design was later modified to include a large hall for student assemblies, commencement exercises, and meeting rooms for literary societies and student organizations. During the . . . — — Map (db m102675) HM
Near Galtney-Lott Plaza west of University Circle.
Front
On October 1, 1962, James Meredith broke the rigid segregation in Mississippi's higher education when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Though federal courts had ordered his admission, . . . — — Map (db m102580) HM
On University Circle, 0.2 miles west of Grove Loop, on the right when traveling west.
Constructed in 1889 at a cost of $35,000, this Romanesque Revival-style building served as the University's first library. Renamed in honor of James Alexander Ventress in 1985, this building has also served as the School of Law (1911-1929), State . . . — — Map (db m102677) HM
On State Highway 39 south of Daleville Prismatic Road, on the right when traveling north.
Founded here in 1865 by Rev. J.L. Cooper as Spring Hill Male & Female Institute. Renamed Cooper Institute 1873. Among first coeducational schools in Miss. Rev. Cooper elected Miss. Hall of Fame. — — Map (db m179046) HM
On 9th Street west of Constitution Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Federal Courthouse in Meridian was the site of two of the most significant legal actions in Civil Rights history: the filing of James Meredith's lawsuit to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1961 and the infamous "Mississippi Burning" . . . — — Map (db m111056) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at 16th Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
In the summer of 1964, dozens of Freedom Schools opened across Mississippi. The largest was located at Meridian Baptist Seminary. It provided additional education opportunities to the African-American community and hosted the statewide Freedom . . . — — Map (db m111077) HM
On 13th Avenue at 14th Street, on the right when traveling north on 13th Avenue.
Newell Chapel CME Church was involved in Civil Rights meetings and voter registration projects. It was one of three original locations of the Head Start program. The church parsonage was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1968. — — Map (db m111068) HM
On Highland Avenue at 35th Street, on the right when traveling north on Highland Avenue.
Founded by John Wesley Beeson in 1903 as the Meridian Woman's College to which was added the Conservatory of Music in 1904. The school merged with Beeson's Meridian Male College in 1914, becoming known as the Meridian College and Conservatory. . . . — — Map (db m140958) HM
On 37th Street west of Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Founded by John Wesley Beeson in 1902 on a campus originally developed by Rev. L. M. Stone as a college for women, the Meridian Male College was led by President Malcolm A. Beeson from 1903-1913, when it merged with John Beeson's Meridian Female . . . — — Map (db m140962) HM
On 18th Avenue north of 19th Street, on the right when traveling north.
St. Joseph Catholic Church operated a coeducational school that served young black students from 1910 to 1970. The school also offered adult education classes. Former students include James Chaney and Polly Heidelberg. — — Map (db m111069) HM
On 15th Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the left when traveling west on 15th Street.
Built in 1894, this was the first brick public school building in east Mississippi for African American children. The school was named for Rabbi Jacob Wechsler, who led the drive to build it. Founded in 1871, the school was initially housed in St. . . . — — Map (db m111035) HM
On 15th Street west of 30th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Built in 1894, Wechsler School was Mississippi's first brick public school building for black children to be constructed with public funds. It was named in honor of Rabbi Judah Weschler, who led the effort to provide public education for black . . . — — Map (db m111074) HM
On 14th Street at 25th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 14th Street.
In 1885, construction of Whitfield "Big Central" High School uncovered remains of soldiers who died at a Confederate hospital located here. The soldiers' remains were transferred to a burial mound in Rose Hill Cemetery. — — Map (db m111091) HM
On East Broad Street at Caswell Street, on the right when traveling east on East Broad Street.
½ blk. N, built 1884. Restored by Lawrence Co. Hist. Soc. Longino was gov. of Miss., 1901-1904. During his term New Capitol built; Dept. of Archives & Hist. and state penal farm estab.; public school system improved. — — Map (db m70776) HM
On North Green Street at Farrah Street, on the right when traveling north on North Green Street.
Carver School
Named for Dr. George Washington Carver, Carver School was built in 1939 to
serve the educational Tupelo's African-American children Carver, along with local churches, was the center of social activities for the . . . — — Map (db m102833) HM
On North Madison Street at East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Madison Street.
Robins Field
Built in 1927, Robins Field was named for former Tupelo Mayor D.W. Robins and served as the Tupelo Schools' football field until 1991. On Friday nights, the all-white Tupelo High School Golden Wave football team played . . . — — Map (db m102826) HM
On South Spring Street at Troy Street, on the right when traveling north on South Spring Street.
Sit-Ins Led to Civil Rights Act of 1964
During the 1960s, F. W. Woolworth Company operated lunch counters at its "five-and-dime stores" on a "local custom" basis - meaning racially segregated seating in the Southern United States. . . . — — Map (db m102846) HM
On East Monticello Street at Penn Street on East Monticello Street.
First erected in 1896 in memory of Elias Bowsky, 3rd Bat. Co. E, 45th Mississippi Infantry, by his brother George, this twenty-foot-tall monument was deeded to the Sylvester Gwin Camp U.C.V. in 1924, and now serves as a memorial for the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m80085) HM
On Heucks Retreat Road near Callender Road NE, on the left when traveling west.
Est. 1880 as one-room, one-teacher school. In 1920 consol.
several community schools &
became accredited high school.
Closed in 1959, students
transferred to other schools.
Presented by Heucks Alumni, 1984. — — Map (db m122659) HM
Near South Jackson Street near West Cherokee Street.
Mary Jane Conerly Lampton (1828- 1879), a mother, teacher, and diarist, grew up in Old Pike County, now Walthall. She married Benjamin Lampton, planter who became a successful pioneer merchant of Old Pike County and Marion County. Together they . . . — — Map (db m117342) HM
On South Jackson Street at West Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling south on South Jackson Street.
Founded 1858, as Methodist womans college. Traditional successor to Elizabeth Academy, Washington, Miss. Served as Confederate Hospital, 1861-5. Founded by Milton J. Whitworth, pioneer planter & lay minister. — — Map (db m80102) HM
On East Lincoln Road SE, 1 mile west of Townsend Drive SE, on the right when traveling west.
East Lincoln High School was the
first consolidated high school in
Lincoln County. Constructed
on this site in 1923, the campus
included a school building, a
shop and vocational building,
lunchroom, teacher''s housing
superintendent''s home, . . . — — Map (db m122712) HM
On U.S. 84 at Harmony Drive SE, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 84.
Fair Oak Springs consolidated
school opened on this site in
1927. The campus consisted of
a school building, gymnasium
and teacher's home. The school
offered an education for the
children of the Fair River, Oak Grove and
Big Springs . . . — — Map (db m122711) HM
On Forest Trail NE east of New Sight Drive NE, on the left when traveling east.
In 1921 the Confederate Grove, Garner,
Clear Branch, and Mt. Zion community
schools consolidated to create the Now
Sight School, once located on this site.
Established under the Smith-Hughes
Act of 1917, designed to promote
vocational, . . . — — Map (db m122495) HM
On Ruth Drive SE (State Highway 570/591) south of State Highway 583, on the right when traveling north.
Ruth School, offering grades 1-10, was established with
Smith-Hughes Foundation Endowment funds at this site
in 1924 by consolidation of the community schools of
Eaton, Providence, Topisaw, Sweetwater, Pleasant
Hill, Pine Grove, Excelsia, Moaks . . . — — Map (db m122756) HM
Here in 1862 Confederacy built huge arsenal employing over 1000 persons. Later one of buildings became original site of Union Academy, first free public school for Negroes in Columbus. — — Map (db m8553) HM
On 11th Street South, on the right when traveling north.
The first "laboratory" school for teacher training in the state was established in 1907 by the faculty of Industrial Institute and College (1884), now Mississippi University for Women, the first public college for women in America. The present . . . — — Map (db m8554) HM
State's oldest free school. Has functioned since 1821. Worthy trustees, using 16th section income & employing able teachers, early made Columbus a cultural center in northeast Mississippi. — — Map (db m8582) HM
On Wicks Road, 0.8 miles south of Gilmer-Wilburn Road, on the right when traveling south.
James “Jim” Wicks designated land in the early 1900’s to build a school to educate family members. The school was named Wicks Normal School.
James “Jim” Wicks
February 20, 1867 ~ January 2, 1939 — — Map (db m178993) HM
On Military Road at 18th Avenue North, on the right when traveling south on Military Road.
Built in 1953, the S.D. Lee High School
was designed by Jackson architect R. W. Naef
in the International Style. Named for former
Confederate general Stephen D. Lee, Lee High
School was constructed in the early phases of
the Equalization . . . — — Map (db m244671) HM
On College Street at 11th Street South, on the right when traveling east on College Street.
The oldest state supported woman's college (1884) in the United States. It pioneered in adding vocational subjects to standard arts-science program. — — Map (db m8586) HM
On 3rd Avenue South east of South 12th Street, on the left when traveling east.
In September 1966, six local African American
women integrated the Mississippi State College for
Women. Undergraduate students Diane Hardy,
Barbara Turner, and Laverne Greene, and graduate
students Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers, and
Eula . . . — — Map (db m244664) HM
The first rural consolidated school in Mississippi. The school was moved to this site in 1904 and flourished under the guidance of Professor B. G. Hull, who was principal until 1918. Due to the success of the school, Hull was recognized as a . . . — — Map (db m8622) HM
On 7th Street North north of 3rd Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Lt. Gen., C.S.A.; legislator; first president Miss A. & M. College; member Constitutional Convention of 1890; one of organizers of Vicksburg Military Park; Commander United Confederate Veterans; military historian. — — Map (db m8623) HM
On West County Line Road west of Tougaloo Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1869 by the American Missionary
Association, which began as a New York-based
abolitionist society. Tougaloo University was
chartered as a teaching college in 1871 and
conferred its first baccalaureate degree in 1901.
The school was . . . — — Map (db m219755) HM
On West College Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South Craft Street, on the left when traveling west.
At the original site of the Asbury Methodist Church, the Upper Mississippi conference was organized on February 5, 1891. Classes first held in the church led to the establishment of Rust College. — — Map (db m85132) HM
On Rust Avenue east of North Memphis Street (State Route 7), on the right when traveling east.
In 1964-65, the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) came to Holly Springs, MS.
This monument is in honor and recognition of the students who came from across the country and joined with Rust College students and local citizens to register . . . — — Map (db m117499) HM
On East College Street at South Market Street, on the right when traveling west on East College Street.
Born the eldest child to Elizabeth and James Wells, she grew up in Holly Springs, and attended Shaw University, now Rust College. She was a reformer who insisted on economic and political resistance to oppression. She became head of a household at . . . — — Map (db m136680) HM
On Marianna Road, 0.4 miles east of Pegues Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Martyn Mission was established here
in 1825 by the Presbyterian Church as a
mission to the Chickasaw. The mission
included a school under the direction of
Rev. William Blair (1791-1873) and his
wife Susan, who taught about thirty
students. . . . — — Map (db m219956) HM
On West Valley Avenue west of Jeanette Street, on the left when traveling west.
Holly Springs's first Rosenwald School was
built here ca. 1925 for the education of
African American students. Five teachers
taught students through the eighth grade.
Students attended either Rust College or
Mississippi Industrial College to . . . — — Map (db m170277) HM
On North Memphis Street (Mississippi Route 7) 0.2 miles north of Rust Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Estab. 1866 as Shaw Univ. for the education of freed slaves by Miss. Methodists and the Freedman's Aid Society. Renamed 1890 to honor Richard Sutton Rust, Methodist clergymen, educator and abolitionist. — — Map (db m116157) HM
On Rust Avenue east of North Memphis Street (State Route 7), on the right when traveling east.
Front
In 1960 Rust College students, under the leadership of President E. A. Smith, boycotted the segregated HollyTheater, a protest that in 1962 evolved into a Rust chapter of the NAACP. The chapter offices were installed by Medgar . . . — — Map (db m116163) HM
On West Valley Avenue west of Jeanette Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Rosenwald School and the W.T. Sims High
School were the first public schools for African
Americans in Holly Springs. The W.T. Sims
High School was built here in 1953 on land
purchased from Mississippi Industrial College.
In 1960, the school . . . — — Map (db m170279) HM
On U.S. 82 at Stewart-Lodi Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82. Reported missing.
This trust fund, est. in honor
of timberman E. H. Sumners of
Stewart by his wife in 1979,
provides college tuition to
students in 5 Miss. counties,
offering wider access to higher
education to thousands. — — Map (db m170377) HM
On Pecan Avenue (Mississippi Route 19) north of Shady Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-1912) built a home near this site and began a law practice in 1885. Byrd served as the Neshoba County superintendent of education (1887-89), in the Mississippi Senate (1889-96) and House of Representatives (1896-97), as . . . — — Map (db m140999) HM
On Carver Avenue north of Rea Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1909 Edward and Julia Stevens founded a school for Philadelphia's African American children in the Black Masonic lodge near Wilson Street. In 1922, the Neshoba County School moved into a new building on Rea Street funded by the Rosenwald . . . — — Map (db m140989) HM
On Hickory Little Rock Road at Jessie Dean Road, on the right when traveling south on Hickory Little Rock Road.
Beulah Hubbard School was established on this site in 1929. The school was the consolidation of Beulah, Witt, Oakland, Rock Branch, Little Rock, Hebron, Greenland, Hopewell, Center Ridge, Duffee and Battlefield schools. The school’s name refers to . . . — — Map (db m179037) HM
On North Wayne Street, 0.1 miles north of Noxubee School Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The Calhoun Institute, a school for girls, was est. here in 1851 by W.R. Poindexter. From early 1864 until the end of the Civil War it was used for the state capitol. Now site of the Noxubee County High School. — — Map (db m92656) HM
On Mississippi Route 14, 0.5 miles east of Salem Road, on the left when traveling east.
Built in 1914, this structure is Noxubee County's most significant extant early twentieth century public school building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1939. — — Map (db m140685) HM
On Mississippi Route 21 at Sandhill Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 21.
Est. in 1845; closed in 1876. Only functioning secondary school in Miss. during Civil War. Founded by T.L. Gathright who later became State Superintendent of Ed. and first pres. of Texas A & M College. — — Map (db m140664) HM
On Moor High Road, 0.1 miles west of Belk Road, on the right when traveling west.
Constructed in 1960, B.L. Moor High School was
built for African American students as part of
Mississippi's equalization program following the
1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The school
was formed from the consolidation of local . . . — — Map (db m244525) HM
On Louisville Street south of Bryan Street, on the right when traveling south.
Also known as the Old Presbyterian Cemetery, this cemetery was established in 1834 and contains approximately forty nine graves. Among those buried here are Dr. Araunah Bardwell and David Ames. Bardwell came to the area as a member of the Mayhew . . . — — Map (db m140703) HM
On South Jackson Street at Green Street, on the left when traveling south on South Jackson Street.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, the Overstreet School Historic District is representative of Starkville's development from 1870 to 1940. The focal point of the district is the Overstreet Elementary School, originally . . . — — Map (db m140761) HM
On Dr Douglas L. Conner Drive south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south.
1830 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which ceded land from the Choctaw Indians to the
U.S.government, ushered in white settlement and slavery.
1869 Mississippi passed a new constitution granting African-American men the right to vote.
. . . — — Map (db m237444) HM
On State Highway 12, 0.2 miles east of Willow Road, on the right when traveling east.
Eminent educator & agriculturist. Pres. of Miss. State U. & first Pres. of USM. Served as State Rural School Supervisor & State Supt. of Ed. Founded first Boys Corn Club in 1907, forerunner of 4-H & FFA Clubs. — — Map (db m51201) HM
On Curtis Road at Macedonia Road, on the right when traveling east on Curtis Road.
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
On Ballentine Road at Rock Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Ballentine Road.
Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell (1958-2001), a
native of Sardis, received degrees in special
education therapy and speech pathology at
Ole Miss. After earning a Ph.D. from Howard
University in 1985, she joined the faculty at
St. Louis University in . . . — — Map (db m235187) HM
On West Lee Street (Mississippi Route 315) at Hightower Street, on the right when traveling west on West Lee Street.
The home of John W. Kyle, state Supreme Court Justice, and Andrew Johnson, noted architect; Sardis began ca. 1844 as a tiny log school and preaching house. Incorp. in 1866, it became the seat of Panola County in 1871. — — Map (db m102672) HM
On Mississippi Route 315 west of Mt Level Road, on the right when traveling west.
In the late 1930s, elementary teachers
Olivette Ellis and Minnie Smith. supported by
the trustees and county superintendent. worked
to open a training school for high school students.
With funding from the Smith-Hughes Act and a
teacher . . . — — Map (db m235177) HM
On North Jackson Avenue north of East Canal Street, on the right when traveling north.
Picayune's first public high school for African
Americans was established here in 1918. John
Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from
1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed
at another location in Picayune. He continued
as . . . — — Map (db m149632) HM
On Cunnigen St. south of North Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Sherman Line Road north of Hamp Lee Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Friendship Circle, 0.2 miles north of State Highway 44, on the left when traveling north.
Org. 1906 on land donated by
Jones for the consolidation of
Bacot, Curtis and Felder
Schools. Bethany School added
in 1921 when Jones School was
moved to this site. Served the
Friendship Comm. until 1975. — — Map (db m201234) HM
On McComb Street near Adams Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1910, Buella and A. A. McCue donated land
for a school in the Baertown community. In 1911,
a wood frame school was built and named
"Universal.” It was the first school in the
community to educate black children. In the
early 1950s, the . . . — — Map (db m201245) HM
