After a few weeks’ break from our polling, we’re back on the track and coming into the homestretch to cut our initial list of Mississippi places down to what will be the final 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die. After the Delta poll, we only have two more to go: Piney Woods and Jackson. If all goes as planned (and you know, sometimes it doesn’t), we should finish these up by early December, which will give our MissPres authors some time to scratch our heads and puzzle over numbers and statistics and publish the “final” list in early 2012.

As per the Usual Plan of Operation, the Delta poll will be open two weeks, closing around midnight October 21. This is one of our longer polls, with 38 choices, so you can vote for up to 19. I know for certain that one particular MissPreser will be casting all his votes for the Crystal Grill in Greenwood. The rest of you might want to do some more research before voting, in which case, I have tried to find links to photos, at the very least, for each property, along with other documentation such as National Register nominations and HABS photos.

Delta

• 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]

Categories: 101 MissPres Places, Contest, Delta