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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26DA_gov-hugh-l-white-mansion_Columbia-MS.html
Built between 1925 and 1927 by Jackson architect Claude H. Lindsley and furnished by Marshall Fields, this Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion was the home of Governor Hugh Lawson White. White served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Mis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26D9_mississippi-rural-center_Columbia-MS.html
The Mississippi Rural Center was dedicated on February 9, 1949, and established with a $100,000 gift from the Women's Society of Christian Services of the Methodist Church. Created to provide opportunities for African American families, the center…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268P_hanging-of-will-purvis_Columbia-MS.html
On February 7, 1894, crowds gathered near this site to witness the hanging of Will Purvis, who had been convicted of the murder of local farmer Will Buckley. When the trap door was released Purvis fell straight through to the ground, the noose hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXUD_first-baptist-church_Columbia-MS.html
In 1883, Pastor T.S. Howell from Bunker Hill Church in rural Marion County, and six local believers met at the courthouse to organize a Baptist church within the city limits of Columbia. Early meetings were held in the courthouse, the Masonic Hall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSX_temporary-state-capital_Columbia-MS.html
The 5th session of the Mississippi Legislature met in Columbia in Nov. 1821, and in a special session in June 1822. Walter Leake was inaugurated Governor here in January 1822; the Legislature passed laws for the education of the poor; approved Le …