National Register of Historic Places - Mississippi (MS), Oktibbeha County

Oktibbeha County Mississippi has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Herman Mound and Village Site, Lyon's Bluff Site, Montgomery Hall and Textile Building and Bardwell House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Woodland, Late Woodland and Mississippian dating back to 499 BC.

The famous person W.B. Montgomery is associated with one of more of the Oktibbeha County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Oktibbeha County places including R.H. Hunt, D.A. Tompkins, Thomas Johnson, Emery Otho McIlwain, Thomas Shelton and Asso Jones, Louis A. Simon, W.T. Christopher, Wakerman, Thomas O., Associates, Jones and Reynolds Johnson and N.W. Overstreet. Prominent architectural styles found in Oktibbeha Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Bardwell House (added 1992 - - #92000890)

309 Blackjack Rd. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Bell House (added 1992 - - #92001480)

Also known as Carpenter Place

1280 MS 25 S , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Carroll, Thomas Battle, House (added 1991 - - #91000531)

304 S. Jackson St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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Cedars, The (added 1985 - - #85003003)

Also known as Montgomery House

Old W. Point Rd. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Montgomery,W.B.

Significant Year:

1840, 1837

Area of Significance:

Education, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Downtown Starkville Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000433)

Roughly bounded by Jefferson, N. Montgomery, & Yeates Sts., & RR., Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Overstreet, N.W., Simon, Louis A., Wakerman, Thomas O., Associates

Architectural Style:

Gothic, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

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Gay, C. E., House (added 1991 - - #90002108)

110 E. Gillespie St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Gillespie--Jackson House (added 1986 - - #86003127)

SE corner MS 12 and MS 25 , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Greensboro Street Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003112)

Greensboro St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1905, 1929, 1870

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Greensboro Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000673)

Earnest Jones Jr. Dr., Greensboro St., Louisville St., Main St. W., Raymond St., Yeates St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Department Store, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Department Store, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

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Herman Mound and Village Site (added 1993 - - #93000137)

Also known as 22Ok762

Address Restricted , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Middle Woodland, Late Woodland

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest

Hotel Chester (added 1985 - - #85000099)

Also known as Stark Hotel

217-223 E. Main St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,D.D. & Son, Overstreet,N.W.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Lampkin-Owens House (added 1980 - - #80002298)

Also known as Owens House

117 N. Montgomery St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Lyon's Bluff Site (added 1976 - - #76001105)

Also known as 22-Ok-520

Address Restricted , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississippian

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Magruder-Newsom House (added 1984 - - #84002284)

306 S. Jackson St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Meadow Woods Plantation House (added 2001 - - #01000946)

Also known as Windham, Frances, House

2479 Oktoc Rd. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Montgomery Hall (added 1975 - - #75001054)

Mississippi State University campus , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunt,R.H.

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Education, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Nash Street Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000572)

Also known as East End Land Company Subdivision

525 University Dr. and 101--117 N. Nash St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McIlwain, Emery Otho, Johnson, Thomas

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

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Odd Fellows Cemetery (added 1990 - - #90001064)

Jct. of US 82 and Henderson St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

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Oktibbeha Gardens Subdivision Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001682)

Roughly bounded by Critz & N. Montgomery Sts., Old West Point Rd. & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. E., Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson, Jones and Reynolds, Jones, Thomas Shelton and Asso

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1937-1967 AD

Outlaw, Dossey A., Plantation (added 2002 - - #02000354)

Also known as The Cedars

2173 Oktoc Rd. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

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Overstreet School Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001398)

Also known as See Also:Magruder-Newsom House;Carroll,Thomas Battle,House;G

Roughly bounded by Hogan, Montgomery, Gillespie, Jackson, Wood and Washington Sts. and the Illinois Central RR tracks , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Rogers, Emma and Ed, House (added 2017 - - #100001684)

Longview Road, Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1885-1885 AD

Stone, John M., Cotton Mill (added 1975 - - #75001055)

Also known as John M. Stone Cotton Mill

Gillespie St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

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Textile Building (added 1975 - - #75001056)

Also known as Industrial Education Building

S of Starkville on Mississippi State University campus , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tompkins,D.A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

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Walker--Critz House (added 1989 - - #89000171)

Also known as Van Cleve House

414 Chapin St. , Starkville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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