Downtown Booneville Historic District

Historic district in Mississippi, United States

United States historic place
Downtown Booneville Historic District
Booneville Hardware Store, a contributing property in the Downtown Historic District
34°39′21″N 88°33′48″W / 34.65583°N 88.56333°W / 34.65583; -88.56333
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1922
Architectural styleItalianate, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.98001337[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 22 photos from 1996-98.


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