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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM219J_st-matthews-a-m-e-church_Greenville-MS.html
St. Matthew's A.M.E. Church, organized in 1867 and originally located on Levee Street, was the first A.M.E. church established in the Delta and the fourth begun in Mississippi. Moved to its present site in 1890, this church was visited by Herbert …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2186_first-legal-liquor-store_Greenville-MS.html
On August 6, 1966, the first legal liquor store in Mississippi following prohibition opened here. The "Jigger & Jug", owned by the Azar brothers, was a prototypical self-serve package liquor store. Mississippi, which had banned the manufacturing a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2185_stein-mart_Greenville-MS.html
Russian immigrant Sam Stein arrived in Greenville by riverboat in 1905. Here he founded a retail enterprise that would remain in his family for generations. On this site in 1964, his son Jake Stein opened the first Stein Mart store. By the 1980's,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217V_gamwyn-park_Greenville-MS.html
A planned, park-like neighborhood established in 1926, Gamwyn Park was based on a design concept by Mary L. Gamble and Margaret B. Wynn, prominent citizens of Greenville. Gamwyn Park includes well-maintained streetscapes and landscaped vistas. Twe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217U_the-courthouse-arboretum_Greenville-MS.html
In 1895, Dr. Orville Blanton, son of Harriet Blanton Theobald, "the Mother of Greenville," designed and planted an arboretum on the grounds of the Washington County courthouse featuring native specimens. The Greenville Garden Club, recognized as t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217S_washington-county-courthouse_Greenville-MS.html
This courthouse was built ca. 1891 in the Richardson Romanesque architectural style. The courthouse was remodeled in 1930, and additions were made in 1950 and 1976. The courthouse has retained many of the original elements of its architectural sty…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217R_nelson-street_Greenville-MS.html
Front Nelson Street was once the epicenter of African American business and entertainment in the Delta. Nightclubs, cafes, churches, groceries, fish markets, barbershops, laundries, record shops, and other enterprises did a bustling trade. Famous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217P_little-italy_Greenville-MS.html
By 1920 this southern section of the city of Greenville was known as "Little Italy" by the Italian-speaking immigrants who settled in the Miss. Delta. These immigrants endured social as well as physical hardships in achieving the "American Dream."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217O_holt-collier_Greenville-MS.html
Born a slave in 1846, Collier served as a Confederate sharpshooter and cavalryman. Famed as a bear hunter, he guided Pres. Theodore Roosevelt on a hunt near Onward, MS. in 1902. When Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear Collier had roped, cartoonists…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P61_david-honey-boy-edwards_Greenville-MS.html
"Who May Your Regulars Be" "Drop Down Mama" "Old Friends" "The World Don't Owe Me Nothing" "Mississippi Delta Bluesman" Played with Robert Johnson Tommy Johnson Little Walter Jacobs Big Joe Williams Kansas City Red Sunnyland Slim
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