Downtown Corinth Historic District
Appearance
Downtown Corinth Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Wick, Jackson, Foote and Webster Sts., Corinth, Mississippi |
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Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
Built | 1855 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Italianate, Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 92001792[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 28, 1993 |
The Downtown Corinth Historic District in Corinth, Mississippi is a 31-acre (13 ha) historic district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993,[1] at which time it included the majority of Corinth's downtown commercial buildings. The street plan of the area was laid out in 1855 by surveyors Houston Mitchell (1824-1877) and Hamilton Mask, who intended for the city to be named "Cross City". The plan conformed to the rights-of-way granted to the Memphis & Charleston Railroad and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad lines; the downtown area evolved from c.1855 to c.1941.[2]
It includes 88 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and a contributing object.[2] It includes:
- Old U.S. Post Office, individually listed on the National Register
- Coliseum Theatre, individually listed on the National Register
- Corinth Depot
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b John Linn Hopkins (July 9, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Downtown Corinth Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2017. with 22 photos (see photo captions pages 67-69 of text document)
Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- Italianate architecture in Mississippi
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Mississippi
- Colonial Revival architecture in Mississippi
- Buildings and structures completed in 1855
- National Register of Historic Places in Alcorn County, Mississippi
- Corinth, Mississippi
- Mississippi Registered Historic Place stubs