Roughly bounded by Amite, Mill, Fortification and Lamar Sts., Jackson, Mississippi. County/parish: Hinds.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 13, 1980. NRIS 80002245.
558 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, known as a hub for Black-owned businesses up until the 1970s. Named after a family that lived and had businesses on that street for four generations, the street became a flourishing business area after the imposition of legal segregation under Jim Crow.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73891305