Mississippi - Monroe County
Monroe County Mississippi has 37 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 12 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Baker Mound, Cotton Gin Port Site, Crawford Site, Word Mound and Aberdeen City Hall.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Miller I, Miller Ii, Chickasaw Indians, Middle Archaic, Woodland, Early Archaic, Late Paleo Indian, Hopewell and Marksville dating back to 6999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Monroe County historic places including Rueben Davis and Capt. Thomas Coopwood.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Monroe County places including William A. Freret, William Drago, Public Works Administration, Bell E. Mifflin, William Reid Cunningham, Pate,J.A & Taylor,J.B., John McCrady, Dr. George Augustus Sykes, Addison Brannin and Joshua Toomer. Prominent architectural styles found in Monroe Country are Greek Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Colonial Revival.

Aberdeen City Hall (added 1988 - - #88000126)
125 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
Dudemanfellabra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Drago,William
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall
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Aberdeen Downtown Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000634)
Roughly bounded by James, Quincy, Maple, and Washington Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Italianate, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
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Adams--French House (added 1988 - - #88000125)
Also known as Masonic Temple
N. Meridian and Marshall Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
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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Baker Mound (added 1980 - - #80002291)
Also known as 22-Mo-896
Address Restricted , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Miller I, Miller Ii
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Building at 133 East Commerce Street (added 1988 - - #88000136)
133 E. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
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Buildings at 110--122 East Commerce Street (added 1988 - - #88000138)
110--122 E. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
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Buildings at NW Corner of Commerce and Meridian Streets (added 1988 - - #88000135)
100--104 W. Commerce St. and 107 N. Meridian St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
Coopwood, Capt. Thomas, House (added 2004 - - #88000492)
Also known as Sunset Manor
205 Thayer Ave. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Coopwood,Capt. Thomas
Significant Year:
1852, 1836
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cotton Gin Port Site (added 1972 - - #72000700)
Address Restricted , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Military, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Chickasaw Indians
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Fortification
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Crawford Site (added 1980 - - #80002292)
Also known as 22-Mo-902
Address Restricted , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Woodland
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Davis, Reuben, House (added 1978 - - #78001622)
Also known as Sunset Hill
803 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cunningham,William Reid
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Davis,Rueben
Significant Year:
1853, 1847
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Day, C. C., House (added 1988 - - #88000123)
Also known as Myrle C. Walters House
517 S. Meridian St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Dunklin, William A., House (added 1988 - - #88000122)
Also known as Dunlee
301 High St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Harmon Subdivision Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000121)
933--939 and 943 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Hester-Standifer Creek Site (added 1975 - - #75001051)
Address Restricted , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Early Archaic, Late Paleo Indian
Period of Significance:
6500-6999 BC, 6000-6499 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Other
Holliday, John, House (added 1988 - - #88000120)
Also known as Holliday Haven
609 S. Meridian St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Inzer Site (added 1973 - - #73001022)
Address Restricted , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Chickasaw
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Johnson--Butler House (added 1988 - - #88000119)
Also known as Butler Bungalow
210 High St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Lawson Site (added 1975 - - #75001052)
Address Restricted , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic
Period of Significance:
5000-5499 BC, 4500-4999 BC, 4000-4499 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Other
Lenoir Plantation House (added 1992 - - #91001893)
Off US 45 Alt., 3 mi. S of jct. with NM 382 , Prairie
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brannin,Addison
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
More Information:
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot (added 1983 - - #83003966)
Also known as Old M & O Depot
612 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
Monroe County Courthouse (added 1978 - - #78001623)
Courthouse Sq. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pate,J.A & Taylor,J.B.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
Monroe County Jail (added 1978 - - #78001624)
Also known as Athens Jail
Off MS 8 , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Mound Cemetery Site (added 1975 - - #75001053)
Also known as 22-Mo-512
Address Restricted , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Hopewell, Marksville, Miller Ii
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Unknown
North Aberdeen Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000131)
Roughly bounded by Meridian, Marshall, Long, and Commerce Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Old Homestead (added 1988 - - #88000124)
Also known as Dr. George Augustus Sykes House;Julian T. Evans House
503 W. Commerce , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sykes,Dr. George Augustus
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Pollard, Austin, House (added 1988 - - #88000494)
Also known as Ten Acres;Pecan Acres
1000 Whitfield St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
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
Rogers, Francis M., House (added 1988 - - #88002222)
Also known as Magnolia Hill
High and Hickory Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
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
More Information:
Sadler House (added 2011 - - #11000113)
400 Marshall St, Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874
More Information:
South Central Aberdeen Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000134)
Roughly bounded by Locust, Washington, Franklin, and High Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
South Central Aberdeen Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - - #04000961)
Roughly bounded by Madison, Meridian, High, and Long Sts. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Thompson, James Young, House (added 1990 - - #90001223)
Old Cotton Gin Rd., 1/4 mi. N of US 278 , Amory
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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:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
U.S. Courthouse and Post Office (added 1976 - - #76001104)
Also known as Old Federal Building
201 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mifflin,Bell E., Freret,William A.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Law, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Post Office
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
US Post Office--Amory (added 1988 - - #88000691)
215 First Ave. , Amory
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McCrady,John, Public Works Administration
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
Watkins, W. W., House (added 1991 - - #91000387)
600 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical 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
More Information:
West Commerce Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000128)
Also known as See Also:Davis, Reuben, House
721--919 and 730--900 W. Commerce St. , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Word Mound (added 1980 - - #80002293)
Also known as 22-Mo-899
Address Restricted , Aberdeen
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Miller I
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
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