Downtown Booneville Historic District

Downtown Booneville Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Church, College, Court, First, Hotel, Main, Market and Mill Sts., Booneville, Mississippi
Coordinates 34°39′21″N 88°33′48″W / 34.65583°N 88.56333°W / 34.65583; -88.56333Coordinates: 34°39′21″N 88°33′48″W / 34.65583°N 88.56333°W / 34.65583; -88.56333
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1922
Architectural style Italianate, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference # 98001337[1]
Added to NRHP November 5, 1998

The Downtown Booneville Historic District in Booneville, Mississippi is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It then included 32 contributing buildings and 16 non-contributing ones.[1][2]

Significant buildings in the district include:

  • Old Post Office, 100 North Main Street, (Colonial Revival)
  • Prentiss County Courthouse (c.1925), 101 North Main Street, (Mediterranean Revival)
  • Masonic Lodge, 104 North Main Street,
  • 101 South Main Street,
  • 106 South Main Street, (Italianate),
  • Booneville Hardware Store, 112 South Main Street, (Italianate),
  • Mobile & Ohio Railroad Depot, 100 West Church Street, (Late 19th Century Railroad Depot),
  • Warehouse at 101 East Church Street, and
  • Ashcroft Feeds Store.[2]

The old Post Office includes a mural by artist Stefan Hirsch, completed in 1943 under the Treasury Bureau's Section of Fine Arts program at the cost of $750 (see accompanying photo #9).[2]

The Prentiss County Courthouse is a three-story Mediterranean Revival-style hipped roof brick building with a five bay arcaded loggia and two two-story flat-roofed wings (see accompanying photo #10).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 James Martin, Jennifer Dobson, and Shannon Criss (June 4, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Downtown Booneville Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2017. With 22 photos from 1996-98.


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