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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23KH_marks-rothenberg-co_Meridian-MS.html
Built: 1889
Architect: Gustavus Maurice Torgenson
Constructor: C.M. Rubush
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Designated a Mississippi Landmark on June 12, 2002
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing element of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23KG_the-grand-opera-house_Meridian-MS.html
Built: 1889 by Marks-Rothenberg Co.
Architect: Gustavus Maurice Torgenson
Builder: C.M. Rubush
Interior Designer: J.B. McElfarick
Architectural Style: Late Victorian Second Empire/Romanesque
Designated a Mississippi Landmark on June 7, 1991
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JA_east-mississippi-female-college_Meridian-MS.html
The East Mississippi Female College was established here in 1869 by the Central Methodist Church and became recognized as one of the finest female colleges in the South under the leadership of John Wesley Beeson, President (1869-1903). The college…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23J9_lewis-edmund-buck-crook-jr_Meridian-MS.html
A native of Meridian, Lewis Crook (1898-1967) moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1915 to attend Georgia Tech. Crook began his career with the architectural firm of Hentz, Reid and Adler. In 1923, Crook formed his own firm with business partner Daniel I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23J5_10th-avenue-masonic-cemeteries_Meridian-MS.html
The Thomas J. Wilson and St. Luke's cemeteries were associated with the Masonic lodges that once stood on this city block. The cemeteries have over 100 extant formal markers on the graves of civilians and veterans from five American military confl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23J4_mclemore-cemetery_Meridian-MS.html
Earliest evidence of Meridian's settlement, containing burials of first settler Richard McLemore, victims of 1871 riot, and 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic. Listed in National Register of Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23J0_historic-mclemore-cemetery-1839_Meridian-MS.html
Marked by Pushmataha Chapter 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23I2_merrehope_Meridian-MS.html
Merrehope, built by an early settler's daughter, was occupied by Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston (1863) and Leonidas Polk (1863-64), then by Union officers. It is one of six homes to survive the Battle of Meridian.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HY_whitfield-big-central-high-school_Meridian-MS.html
In 1885, construction of Whitfield "Big Central" High School uncovered remains of soldiers who died at a Confederate hospital located here. The soldiers' remains were transferred to a burial mound in Rose Hill Cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HX_the-impact-of-churches_Meridian-MS.html
Churches were the heart and soul of the Civil Rights movement. New Hope Missionary Baptist, founded in 1868, was Meridian's first black Baptist church. St. Paul United Methodist, founded in 1866, donated land for the Carnegie Branch Library, the o…