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Columbus High School was formed by the merger of the city's two previous high schools, Stephen D. Lee High School and Caldwell High School; the schools were merged in 1992 and the campuses in 1997. Columbus is also home to the oldest public elementary school in Mississippi, Franklin Academy Elementary, founded in 1821. [citation needed]
South Columbus Historic District is a historic district in Columbus, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] Its 1980 nomination lists 525 structures and sites. [2] According to the nomination:
Following the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, during the American Civil War, Columbus, Mississippi was selected as a hospital center to treat the wounded and sick soldiers from both the Confederate and Union armies. [2]: 127–131 Soldiers who did not survive medical care in Columbus were interred at Friendship Cemetery. When the war ended in ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 [2] and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1985. [1] It was the home of Confederate Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee . The house is open for tours on Fridays and features the Florence McLeod Hazard Museum with exhibits on local and regional history, and items dating between 1833 and 1908 ...
Charles McLaran House, also known as Riverview and as Burris House, is a historic mansion at 512 Second Street South in Columbus, Mississippi. Built in 1847 for a major local landowner, it is a distinctive and particularly grand and well-preserved example of Greek Revival architecture. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001. [2] [3]
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County , Mississippi , United States .
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