Uptown Vicksburg Historic District

Area of Vicksburg in Mississippi, US

United States historic place


Uptown Vicksburg Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Mississippi River Commission, Vicksburg (formerly Vicksburg Post Office and Customs House)
Location	Roughly bounded by Locust, South, Washington, and Clay Streets.; also mostly on Washington St. between Grove and Veto Streets, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates	32°20′55″N 90°52′45″W / 32.348611°N 90.879167°W / 32.348611; -90.879167
MPS	Vicksburg MPS
NRHP reference No.	93000850^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1993

Uptown Vicksburg Historic District is a historic district in Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.. The district is bounded by Locust Street, South Street, Washington Street, and Clay Street; also on Washington Streets between Grove and Veto Street; and also roughly bounded by Washington Street, Grove Street, China Street, Clay Street, Locust Street, Veto Street and South Street (north boundary of the South Cherry Street Historic District).^[2]

It is a National Register of Historic Places listed place since 1993,^[3] with boundary increases in 2004 and 2020.

History

In 1891, the Uptown Vicksburg Historic District was designed and arranged by city founder Rev. Newit Vick, and his son-in-law John Lane.^[2] The Uptown district includes sixty-eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing fountain, and three contributing monuments.^[2]

The Uptown Vicksburg Historic District was mostly built between 1830 to 1940, with sixty one contributing buildings in the district built during this period; and with additional building happening up until the 1970s.^[2] The earliest building in extant is the Luckett Compound (1830).^[2]

Notable buildings and structures

Buildings

Luckett Compound (built c. 1830 – c. 1840; four buildings), Crawford Street;^[2] NRHP-listed^[4]
Vicksburg Sanitarium (built c. 1830s), 900 Crawford Street^[5]
Pemberton's Headquarters (or Willis–Cowan House) (built c. 1834), 1018 Crawford Street; NRHP-listed^[6]
Church of the Holy Trinity (c. 1870), 900 South Street; NRHP-listed^[7]
Belle Fleur (built 1872), 1123 South Street; NRHP-listed^[8]
Vicksburg Post Office and Customs House (built c. 1894; now the Mississippi River Commission), 1400 Walnut Street
Adolph Rose Building, or Rose House (built 1897), 1414 Cherry Street;^[9] NRHP-listed
Bonelli House (built c. 1889), 1100 Clay Street
Blum House (built 1902), 1420 Cherry Street;^[10] NRHP-listed
Vicksburg City Hall (built 1903), 1401 Walnut Street
McDermott House (built c. 1905), 1100 South Street; NRHP-listed^[11]
B'nai B'rith Literary Club (built 1917), 721 Clay Street; nicknamed the B.B. Club^[12]
Crawford Street United Methodist Church (built 1925), 1408 Cherry Street^[2]
Hotel Vicksburg (built 1928), 801 Clay Street;^[13] NRHP-listed
United States Post Office and Federal Building (built 1935), 820 Crawford Street
St. Francis Xavier Elementary School (built 1937), 1303 Cherry Street
Vicksburg Evening Post building (built 1952), 920 South Street
St. Paul's Catholic Church (built 1955), 717 Crawford Street

Memorials and fountain

Louisiana Confederate Memorial (built 1887), Monroe Street; erected by Louisiana Confederate soldiers from their military unit members that died in Vicksburg in 1862–1863^[2]^[14]
Vicksburg Memorial Rose Garden (built c. 1890), Monroe Street; dedicated to local soldiers ^[15]
World War I Memorial (built 1919), Monroe Street
Bloom Fountain (built 1927), Monroe Street; designed and built by Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, New Orleans^[2]
War Memorial (built 1986; non-contributing), Monroe Street; dedicated to soldiers from the city of Vicksburg and from Warren County serving in World War I, World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Uptown Vicksburg Historic District". National Park Service. August 19, 1993. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15.
^ "Uptown Vicksburg Historic District". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. August 19, 1993.
^ "Luckett Compound". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. July 28, 1983.
^ Bell, Nancy (2022-12-04). "From the archives: McCutchen Home – Vicksburg Sanitarium – Sydney Building". Vicksburg Daily News. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
^ Higgins Schroer, Blanche (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pemberton's Headquarters / Willis-Cowan House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1951, 1970, and c.1900. (1.86 MB)
^ "Church of the Holy Trinity". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. May 22, 1978.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Belle Fleur". National Park Service. May 7, 1992. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15.
^ "Looking back: The Adolph Rose House". The Vicksburg Post. 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
^ "Blum House". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. July 30, 1992.
^ "McDermott House". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. July 12, 1984.
^ Frazier, Terri Cowart (2017-03-19). "B.B. Club prepares to celebrate its centennial". The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
^ Frazier, Terri Cowart (2021-04-17). "Profile 2021: A glimpse of the 'grande' Hotel Vicksburg". The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
^ Surratt, John (2020-04-03). "Downtown Vicksburg monument honors the lives lost by Louisiana soilders [sic]". The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
^ Surratt, John (2022-02-16). "Vicksburg's Memorial Rose Garden soon returning to life". The Vicksburg Post. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2023-12-15.