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Belhaven Neighborhood or "The Greater Belhaven Area", often simply called "Belhaven", is a neighborhood located in Jackson, Mississippi. Belhaven Neighborhood is named after the home of Confederate veteran Jones S. Hamilton, [1] which became the namesake of Belhaven University. [2] Belhaven is a historic district and one of Jackson's oldest ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization (abbreviated JWHO and commonly known as the Pink House [1] [2]) was an abortion clinic located in a bright pink building in Jackson, Mississippi 's Fondren neighborhood. [3] It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in 2006. [4] The JWHO closed its doors on July 6, 2022 ...
The Ross Barnett Reservoir, often called the Rez, is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The 33,000-acre (130 km 2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. The lake features 105 miles (169 km) of ...
Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District. / 32.30389°N 90.18861°W / 32.30389; -90.18861. Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, known as a hub for Black -owned businesses up until the 1970s. Named after a family that lived and had businesses on that street for ...
Designated USMS. September 21, 2001 [1] The Eudora Welty House & Garden, at 1119 Pinehurst Street in Jackson, Mississippi, was the home of author Eudora Welty for nearly 80 years. It was built by her parents in 1925. [4] Welty and her mother built and tended to the garden located at the side and back of the home over decades.
Yazoo City is located 40 mi (64 km) northwest of Jackson at the junctions of U.S. Routes 49, 49E, and 49W, and MS Highways 3, 16, and 149, on the banks of the Yazoo River, near the Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Route 49W provides a fairly direct link between Yazoo City and Belzoni.
November 7, 1976 [2] Designated USMS. November 14, 1990 [1] The King Edward Hotel, built in 1923 as the Edwards Hotel, is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006.
The indictment said Paduch had worked in New York from 2003 through 2023 as a practicing urologist specializing in male reproductive health. Urologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of ...
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 Landmark and became a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
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 (1915–1998) lived ...