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Designated CP. September 18, 2013. The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the Medgar Evers Historic District in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1956, it was the home of African American civil rights activist ...
September 18, 2013. Medgar Evers Historic District is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi. The neighborhood contains the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, the former home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963). Poet and writer Margaret Abigail Alexander Walker ...
Ransom Carey Jones. The Woolfolk State Office Building is a high-rise government office building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] It was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by Emmett J. Hull, Edgar Lucian Malvaney, Frank P. Gates and Ransom Carey Jones, and it was completed in 1949. [1] It is currently the tenth-tallest building in ...
Added to NRHP. July 3, 1979. The Alex William House, also known as the Greystone Hotel, is a historic house in Jackson, Mississippi. It was built in 1912 by George Thomas, an African-American building contractor, for Alex Williams, an African-American grocer. [2] From 1922 to 1945, it belonged to the Marino family, and it became a hotel in 1950 ...
Mississippi Coliseum. The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, built in 1962 and located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds complex. The arena has 6,812 seats available for basketball, and can be expanded to 10,000 for concerts. It sits 2900 feet (884 meters) atop the extinct Jackson Volcano.
March 5, 1986 [1] The Mississippi State Capitol or the “New Capitol,” has been the seat of the state’s government since it succeeded the old statehouse in 1903. Located in Jackson, it was designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 1986, a National Historic Landmark in 2016 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
December 14, 1990 [3] Designated USMS. July 14, 1986 [2] The Old Mississippi State Capitol, also known as Old Capitol Museum or Old State Capitol, served as the Mississippi statehouse from 1839 until 1903. [4] The old state capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. In 1986, the structure was designated a Mississippi ...
The Regions Bank Building is a historic high-rise building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] It was designed in the Renaissance Revival architectural style, and it was completed in 1929. [1] It is the third tallest building in Jackson. [2] As of 2015, it is owned by the Hertz Investment Group, chaired by Judah Hertz.