Downtown Booneville Historic District

Roughly bounded by Church, College, Court, First, Hotel, Main, Market and Mill Sts., Booneville, Mississippi. County/parish: Prentiss.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 05, 1998. NRIS 98001337.

32 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Downtown Booneville Historic District

The Downtown Booneville Historic District in Booneville, Mississippi is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It then included 32 contributing buildings and 16 non-contributing ones.

Significant buildings in the district include:

  • Old Post Office, 100 North Main Street, (Colonial Revival)
  • Prentiss County Courthouse (c.1925), 101 North Main Street, (Mediterranean Revival)
  • Masonic Lodge, 104 North Main Street,
  • 101 South Main Street,
  • 106 South Main Street, (Italianate),
  • Booneville Hardware Store, 112 South Main Street, (Italianate),
  • Mobile & Ohio Railroad Depot, 100 West Church Street, (Late 19th Century Railroad Depot),
  • Warehouse at 101 East Church Street, and
  • Ashcroft Feeds Store.

The old Post Office includes a mural by artist Stefan Hirsch, completed in 1943 under the Treasury Bureau's Section of Fine Arts program at the cost of $750 (see accompanying photo #9).

The Prentiss County Courthouse is a three-story Mediterranean Revival-style hipped roof brick building with a five bay arcaded loggia and two two-story flat-roofed wings (see accompanying photo #10).

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73891985