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This list is under construction by the readers and commenters of Preservation in Mississippi. We started building the list in December 2010, and gathered about 300 suggestions. Beginning in January 2011, we are taking the separate regions and posting polls to help narrow down the favorite places within each region. Once we’ve completed that process, we’ll cull the list down to 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die. Stay Tuned!

Natchez District (poll is closed; view results):

• Auburn, Natchez – (1812, c. 1830) (National Historic Landmark)
• Cherokee, Natchez – (c. 1810, c. 1830)
• Choctaw, Natchez – (1836)
• D’Evereux, Natchez – (c. 1835-1840) (National Register)
• Dunleith, Natchez – (1856-57) (National Historic Landmark)
• Glen Auburn, Natchez – (1875)
• Gloucester, Natchez – (1803, 1807, c. 1830) (National Register)
• Longwood, Natchez – (1860-62) (National Historic Landmark)
• Melrose, Natchez – (1841) (National Historic Landmark)
• Richmond, Natchez – (1784, c. 1800-10, 1832, 1860) (National Register)
• Rosalie, Natchez – (1822-23, 1850s) (National Historic Landmark)
• Stanton Hall, Natchez – (1857-58) (National Historic Landmark)
• Texada, Natchez – (1793-1805) (National Register)
• William Johnson House, Natchez – (1840-41) (National Register)
• St. Mary’s Basilica (exterior and interior), Natchez – (1842-86, with later alterations)
• Commercial Bank, Natchez – (1838) (National Historic Landmark)
• Prentiss Club, Natchez – (1905) (National Register)
• Forks of the Road slave market site, Natchez – (1833)
• Emerald Mound, Adams County – (c. 1250-1600) (National Historic Landmark)
• Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez – (c. 1200, c. 1450, 1700-30) (National Historic Landmark)
• Mammy’s Cupboard, south of Natchez – (1940)
• St. Mary’s Chapel at Laurel Hill Plantation, near Natchez – (1837-39) (National Register)
• Jefferson College, Washington, Adams County – (1817-19, 1837-39, with later alterations) (National Register)
• Branch Banking House (currently the African American Museum), Woodville – (1818-19, later alterations) (National Register)
• West Feliciana Railroad Office/Bank, Woodville – (1834) (National Register)
• Wilkinson County Courthouse, Woodville – (1903-04, 1973)
• Hampton Hall, near Woodville – (c. 1825-32) (National Register)
• Rosemont, near Woodville – (1810) (National Register)
• Christ Church, Episcopal, Church Hill, Jefferson County – (1857-58) (National Register)
• Rodney Presbyterian Church, Jefferson County – (c. 1832) (National Register)
• Rodney Baptist Church, Jefferson County – (c. 1850)
• Oakland Chapel, Alcorn State University, Lorman – (National Historic Landmark)
• Poplar Hill School, Fayette vicinity, Jefferson County – (c. 1923) (National Register)
• First Presbyterian Church, Port Gibson
• Gemiluth Chessed Synagogue, Port Gibson
• Bethel Presbyterian Church, Claiborne County – (1828-30) (National Register)
• Windsor Ruins, Claiborne County – (1859-61) (National Register)
• Rocky Springs Methodist Church, Claiborne County – (1837)

Jackson (poll closed; view results):

• Old Capitol (1836-1840) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• New Capitol (1901-1903) [National Register, HABS]
• St. Richard’s Catholic Church (1966-67)
• Governor’s Mansion, Jackson (but for a better picture . . .) (1840 [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• Bailey Junior High School (1936) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Standard Life/Tower Building (1929) [Mississippi Landmark]
• King Edward Hotel (1923) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Lamar Life Building (1924-25)
• Electric Building (Lampton Building) (1928)
• Robert E. Lee Hotel (1930) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel (1960)
• Heber Ladner Building (1924) [Mississippi Landmark]
• St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (1903)
• Jackson City Hall (1854-1855) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• War Memorial Building (1939-1940) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Hinds County Armory (1927-1928) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Mayflower Cafe (1900, 1930s)
• Mississippi Museum of Art (2007)
• Medgar Evers House (1956) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Alamo Theater on Farish Street (1949) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Eudora Welty House (1925) [National Historic Landmark]
• Manship House (1857) [National Register, HABS]
• Bishop Galloway House (1889)
• Covenant Presbyterian Church (1965)
• Millsaps gymnasium (2000)
• James Observatory, Millsaps College (1902) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Library Commission building (2006)
• Mississippi Department of Employment Security building (2002-2004)
• Eastland Federal Building (1933)
• Jackson Greyhound Terminal (1936)
• Stringer Grand Lodge on Lynch Street (1954-1955) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Morgan Apartment Building (1951)
• Fountainhead in Woodland Hills (1954) [National Register]
• Morgan Center/Woodland Hills Shopping Center, Fondren neighborhood (1946)
• Kolbs Cleaners, Fondren (c.1950)
• WJDX Radio Transmitter (1929)
• Boddie Mansion, Tougaloo College (c.1855) [National Register]
• Woodworth Chapel, Tougaloo College (1901)
• Tougaloo College Dormitories (1972)
• J.Z. George Elementary School (1929) [Mississippi Landmark]

Gulf Coast (poll is closed; view results):

• Beauvoir, Biloxi (c.1854) [NHL, National Register]
• Biloxi Cemetery
• Biloxi Lighthouse (1848) [National Register]
• Carnegie Library, Gulfport (1916-17)
• Charnley House, Ocean Springs (1890s) [National Register]
• Fort Massachusetts, Ship Island (1859-1863) [National Register]
• Gryder House (“Cat House”) (1960) Ocean Springs
• Gulf Park College, Long Beach (1920s)
• Gulfport Library
• Gulfport Veterans Administration Hospital
• Longfellow House (“Bellevue”), Pascagoula (1850) [National Register]
• Magnolia Hotel, Biloxi (1847) [National Register]
• Mary Mahoney’s (“Old French House” or Brunet-Fourchet House), Biloxi (1830s) [National Register]
• Ocean Springs Community Center (1945-48) [National Register]
• Ocean Springs High School/Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center (1927) [National Register]
• Old Spanish Fort (De le Pointe-Krebs House), Pascagoula (18th century) [National Register]
• Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis (c.1926)
• Pearl River County Courthouse, Poplarville (1918)
• Pinecote Pavilion, near Picayune (1918)
• Quarles House (“Greenvale”), Long Beach (1894) [National Register]
• St. Augustine Seminary, Bay St. Louis (1923)
• St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Biloxi (1964)
• St. Rose de Lima, Bay St. Louis (1926)
• Stennis Space Center, Hancock County (1961) [NHL]
• White House Hotel, Biloxi (1920s)

Columbus area/Golden Triangle (poll is closed; view results)

• Waverley, Clay County (c.1852) [NHL, HABS]
• Riverview, Columbus (1847) [NHL, HABS]
• MUW front campus, Columbus
• Errolton, Columbus (1854) [National Register, HABS]
• White Arches, Columbus (c.1857) [National Register, HABS]
• Rosedale, Columbus (c.1855) [National Register, HABS]
• Snowdoun, Columbus (1854) [National Register, HABS]
• Tennessee Williams house, Columbus (c.1876) [National Register]
• Church of the Annunciation Catholic Church, Columbus (c.1863) [HABS]
• Lee Hall, MSU (1909)
• Montgomery Hall, MSU (1902) [National Register]
• Perry Cafeteria, MSU (1921)
• Patterson Engineering Laboratories, MSU (1950)
• Post Office/old YMCA, MSU (1914)
• Harned Hall, MSU (1921)
• Bowen Hall, MSU (1929)
• Herbert Hall, MSU (1929)
• Hull Hall, MSU (1938)
• The Little Dooey, Starkville
• Hotel Chester, Starkville (1925) [National Register]
• Starkville High School (Greensboro Center), Starkville (1927)
• St. John’s Episcopal Church, Aberdeen (1853)
• Monroe County Chancery Building, Aberdeen (1887) [National Register]
• Monroe County Courthouse, Aberdeen (c.1857) [National Register]
• Old Homestead/Sykes House, Aberdeen (1852) [National Register]
• The Magnolias, Aberdeen (1850) [HABS]
• West Point School, West Point (1928)
• West Point City Hall (1909)
• Lenoir Plantation, Clay County (1837) [National Register]
• West Clay Agricultural High School, Pheba, Clay County [National Register]
• Salem Consolidated School, Noxubee County (1914) [National Register]
• Harrison House, Macon (c.1852) [HABS]
• Noxubee County Jail (c.1870), Macon [National Register]
• Noxubee County Jail (1906), now public library, Macon [National Register]
• Stennis Law Office, Macon (c.1838)

Carrollton/Lexington/Yazoo City/Madison area (poll is closed; view results)

• Stanhope, Carrollton (1874)
• Capt. Ray House, Carrollton (c.1830, remodeled c.1875)
• Carroll County Courthouse, Carrollton (1878)
• Grace Episcopal Church, Carrollton (1883)
• Cotesworth, near Carrollton (c.1847) [National Register, HABS]
• Black Hawk School, south of Carrollton (c.1925)
• Vaiden High School (1941) [National Register]
• Acona Church and School, Holmes County (1874, 1903) [National Register]
• Temple Beth El, Lexington (1905)
• Holmes County Courthouse, Lexington (1894) [National Register]
• Old stagecoach inn, Depot Street, Lexington (c.1860)
• Asia Missionary Baptist Church, Lexington (1904-1908)
• Castalian Springs Hotel, outside Durant
• Y & MV (Illinois Central) Depot, Durant (c.1909)
• Durant School (1942)
• Ricks Library, Yazoo City (1900) [National Register]
• Yazoo County Courthouse (1872, remodeled 1931)
• Bank of Yazoo, Yazoo City (1904)
• Chapel of the Cross, Madison County (1850-1852) [National Register, HABS]
• Barton House (Mockbee), Madison County
• Grace Episcopal Church, Canton (1853)
• Madison County Courthouse, Canton (1854-1857)
• Canton High School, Canton (1923, 1937 addition) [National Register]
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Canton (1928)
• Wohner House (“Wohlden”), Canton (c.1828, alterations c.1855)
• Madison-Ridgeland School (1922, 1936 gymnasium) [National Register]

Piney Woods/South of Jackson

• First Presbyterian Church, Laurel (1924-25)
• Stewart M. Jones School, Laurel (1926)
• Eastman-Gardiner Lumber Co. offices, Laurel (1913)
• Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel
• Norfolk Southern RR Depot, Laurel (1913) [National Register]
• Union Station, Hattiesburg (1910)
• Hattiesburg Post Office (1934) [National Register]
• Walthall School, Hattiesburg (1902)
• Saenger Theater, Hattiesburg (1929) [National Register]
• Old Hattiesburg High School (1911, 1921) [National Register]
• Hercules Employees’ Store and Club Room, Hattiesburg (1936)
• Hawkins Middle School, Hattiesburg (1951)
• Sixth Street USO Building, Hattiesburg (1942) [National Register]
• USM Administration Building (1928-29)
• Brooklyn Consolidated School, Forrest County (1925)
• Forrest County Agricultural High School, Brooklyn (1929)
• Deason House, Ellisville (c.1850) [National Register]
• Bexley School, George County (1913)
• Whitworth College/Mississippi School for the Arts, Brookhaven
• Crystal Springs High School (1928)
• Wesson Public School (1893) [National Register]
• Summit Water Tower and Town Hall (1898, c.1940)
• John Ford House, outside Columbia (1814) [National Register]
• Prentiss Institute, Rosenwald Building (1926)
• Magee Church (Mockbee) (1989)
• Simpson County Courthouse, Mendenhall (1907) [National Register]
• Copiah County Courthouse, Hazlehurst (1902)

Hills/Northeast (poll is closed; view results)

• Corinth Machinery Company Building (1869)
• Curlee-Veranda House, Corinth (1860) [National Historic Landmark]
• Corinth Battlefield Earthworks [National Historic Landmark]
• Coliseum Theatre, Corinth – (1924) (National Register)
• Citizens Savings & Loan Building (Liddon Building), Corinth (1903)
• Liddon Castle, Corinth – (1907-08)
• Rubel House, Corinth (1904)
• Coliseum Theater, Corinth (1924)
• Alcorn County Courthouse, Corinth (1918)
• Booneville Church of Christ, Booneville (1961)
• Jacinto Courthouse (1854) [National Register]
• Tishomingo State Park (1936) [National Register]
• Midway School, Tishomingo County (1926)
• Church Street School, Tupelo (1937) [National Register]
• Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo (1934)
• Lyric Theater, Tupelo (1913)
• Carnation Milk Plant, Tupelo (1927) [National Register]
• Union County Courthouse, New Albany (1909) [National Register]
• Hays Barn, near Walthall in Webster County (c.1900)
• Wood College, Mathiston
• Webster County Courthouse, Walthall (1915)
• New Hope Presbyterian Church, near Clarkson, Webster County (1846)
• former Wells-Lamont factory, Eupora (Overstreet, archt.)
• Eupora High School (1940, Malvaney, with Overstreet addition)

Oxford/Holly Springs area (poll is closed; view results)

• Ammadelle, Oxford (1859-1861) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• Rowan Oak, Oxford (1840s) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Oxford (1855-1860) [National Register, HABS]
• Oxford City Hall (1883-1886) [HABS]
• Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford (1871) [National Register, HABS]
• Square Books, Oxford (c.1880)
• Sullivan-Stone-Freeland law office building, Oxford (c.1870)
• First Presbyterian Church, Oxford (1881)
• Cook House, Oxford (1991) [Samuel Mockbee, archt.]
• The Lyceum, University of Mississippi (1848) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• Ventress Hall, University of Mississippi (1889) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• Barnard Observatory, University of Mississippi (1856-59) [National Register, HABS]
• College Hill Presbyterian Church, Lafayette County (c.1844) [National Register]
• Old Taylor Grocery, Taylor
• Mississippi Industrial College, Holly Springs [National Register]
• Chalmers Institute, Holly Springs (1850) [National Register]
• Walter Place, Holly Springs (1860) [HABS]
• Cedarhurst, Holly Springs (1857) [HABS]
• Airliewood, Holly Springs (1858) [HABS]
• Hillside, Holly Springs (1861)
• Oakleigh, Holly Springs (1858) [HABS]
• Philip’s Grocery, Holly Springs (1882)
• First Presbyterian Church, Holly Springs (1860)
• Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Holly Springs (1858) [HABS]
• Tate County Courthouse, Senatobia [1875) [National Register]
• St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Sardis (1891)

East and Central Mississippi (poll is closed; view results)

• Threefoot Building, Meridian (1930) [National Register]
• Grand Opera House, Meridian (1890) [National Register]
• Witherspoon School, Meridian (1888) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Meridian City Hall (1914-15) [National Register]
• Wechsler School, Meridian (1894) [National Register]
• Merrehope, Meridian (c.1858) [National Register]
• Temple Theater, Meridian (1927) [National Register]
• Vise Clinic Building, Meridian (1905, remodeled 1947)
• Meridian Union Station (1906/rebuilt 1997)
• Dentzel Carousel, Meridian (1896) [National Register]
• Simmons-Wright Company Store, Kewanee community (1926) [National Register]
• Neshoba County Fairgrounds [National Register]
• Neshoba County Courthouse (1928) (National Register, nationally significant for two MLK marches, 1964, 1966]
• (old) Neshoba County Jail, Philadelphia (National Register, nationally significant for association with Goodwin, Chaney, and Schwerner]
• Lawrence Consolidated School, Newton County (1923)
• Sciples Oprey House and Water Mill, Kemper County
• Stuckeys Bridge, Lauderdale County (1901) [National Register]
• Dunns Falls, Savoy community
• Hinds County Courthouse, Raymond (1859) [National Register, HABS]
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Raymond (1885)
• St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Raymond (1855) [National Register]
• Swinging Bridge, Byram (c.1905) [National Register]
• Shiloh Methodist Campground, Rankin County (1832)
• Rankin County Courthouse, Brandon (1924) [National Register]

Vicksburg (poll is closed; view results)

• old Warren County Courthouse (1859-61) [National Register, HABS]
• “new” Warren County Courthouse (1940) [Mississippi Landmark, National Register]
• old Warren County Jail (1906) [Mississippi Landmark, National Register]
• St. Paul’s Catholic Church (1956-57)
• Post Office/Federal Courthouse (1937) [National Register]
• St. Francis Xavier School and Convent [Southern Cultural and Heritage Complex] (1868-1950s) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark, HABS]
• Church of the Holy Trinity (1870-1880) [National Register]
• First Presbyterian Church (1907) [National Register]
• Margaret’s Grocery
• Levee Street Railroad Depot (1907) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Crawford Street Methodist Church (1925) [National Register]
• Mt. Heroden Baptist Church (1919, 1930)
• B’nai B’rith Building (1917) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Pemberton’s Headquarters (1834) [National Historic Landmark, HABS]
• Balfour House (1835) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Vicksburg City Hall (1902) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Planters’ Hall (1834) [National Register, HABS]
• Vicksburg Military Park/National Cemetery
• Bowmar Avenue Elementary School (1939) [Mississippi Landmark]
• “Anchuca” (c.1835) [National Register]
• Shlenker House (1907) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Blum-Levy House (1902) [National Register]
• Great Hope Manor (1906) [National Register]
• Martha Vick House (c.1840) [National Register]
• The Mary Harwood (1840s)
• Duff Green Mansion (1856) [National Register]

Delta (poll is closed; view results)

• Refuge Cotton Oil Mill, Greenville (c.1930)
• Hebrew Union Congregation, Greenville (1906)
• Washington County Courthouse, Greenville (1891) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Doe’s Eat Place, Greenville (1941)
• Bessie Taylor Home, Greenville (1927) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Leavenworth-Wasson-Carroll House, Greenville (1913) [National Register]
• Elk’s Lodge (Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elk, No. 148), Greenville (1907) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Mt. Holly, Lake Washington (1859) [National Register, HABS]
• “Belmont,” near Lake Washington [National Register, HABS]
• St. John’s Episcopal Church Ruins, Glen Allan (1854-56)
• Round Barn, near Chatham, Washington County (c.1920)
• Alluvian Hotel, Greenwood (1917)
• Leflore County Courthouse, Greenwood (1906) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Cotton Row, Greenwood
• Crystal Grill, Greenwood
• Dockery Plantation (1895) [National Register]
• Hopson Plantation
• Red Barn, Rolling Fork (c.1918)
• Mount Helena, Rolling Fork (1906)
• Drew Rosenwald School (Lil’ Red), Drew (1929) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Winterville Mounds, Washington County
• Greyhound Terminal, Clarksdale (1936) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Municipal Auditorium, Clarksdale (1939) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Alcazar Hotel, Clarksdale (1915) [National Register]
• Cutrer Mansion, Clarksdale (1916) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Illinois Central Train Depot, Clarksdale (1926) [National Register, Mississippi Landmark]
• Carnegie Library building, Clarksdale (1914) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Roxy Theater on Issaquena, Clarksdale (c.1950)
• Clarksdale Press Register Building (1930)
• Beth Israel Synagogue, Clarksdale (1929)
• Riverside Motel, Clarksdale (1944)
• Adath Israel Temple, Cleveland (1927) [National Register]
• I.T. Montgomery House, Mound Bayou (1910) [National Historic Landmark]
• BB King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center, Indianola (c.1910) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Shaw School (1923) and Gymnasium (1940), Shaw
• Tate Log Cabin, Tunica (1840s)
• Tallahatchie County Courthouse, Sumner (2007) [National Register]
• Humphreys County Courthouse, Belzoni (1922) [Mississippi Landmark]