Uptown Vicksburg Historic District Explained

Uptown Vicksburg Historic District
Added:August 19, 1993
Refnum:93000850
Nrhp Type:hd
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.
Mpsub:Vicksburg MPS

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).[1]

It is a National Register of Historic Places listed place since 1993,[2] 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. The Uptown district includes sixty-eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing fountain, and three contributing monuments.

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. The earliest building in extant is the Luckett Compound (1830).

Notable buildings and structures

Buildings

Memorials and fountain

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: August 19, 1993 . National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Uptown Vicksburg Historic District . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215035639/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/26a16636-bb09-4118-896b-d95129583036 . 2023-12-15 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: August 19, 1993 . Uptown Vicksburg Historic District . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  3. Web site: July 28, 1983 . Luckett Compound . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  4. Web site: Bell . Nancy . 2022-12-04 . From the archives: McCutchen Home – Vicksburg Sanitarium – Sydney Building . 2023-12-15 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Higgins Schroer . Blanche . August 1976 . [{{NHLS url|id=70000319}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pemberton's Headquarters / Willis-Cowan House ]. pdf . National Park Service. and  
  6. Web site: May 22, 1978 . Church of the Holy Trinity . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  7. Web site: May 7, 1992 . National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Belle Fleur . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215073734/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5f6fa0dd-3a3a-4931-ba28-815c8972fac3 . 2023-12-15 . National Park Service.
  8. Web site: July 30, 1992 . Blum House . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  9. Web site: July 12, 1984 . McDermott House . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  10. Web site: November 12, 1992 . [{{NRHP url|id=92001567}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rose, Adolph, Building ]. National Park Service. With
  11. Web site: Rose, Adolph, Building . NPGallery Digital Asset Management System.
  12. Web site: Frazier . Terri Cowart . 2017-03-19 . B.B. Club prepares to celebrate its centennial . 2023-12-15 . . en.
  13. Web site: Frazier . Terri Cowart . 2021-04-17 . Profile 2021: A glimpse of the 'grande' Hotel Vicksburg . 2023-12-15 . . en.
  14. Web site: Surratt . John . 2020-04-03 . Downtown Vicksburg monument honors the lives lost by Louisiana }} ]. 2023-12-15 . . en.
  15. Web site: Surratt . John . 2022-02-16 . Vicksburg's Memorial Rose Garden soon returning to life . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216185124/https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2022/02/16/vicksburgs-memorial-rose-garden-soon-returning-to-life/ . 2022-02-16 . 2023-12-15 . . en.