The historic Regions Bank Building (formerly Sunburst Bank) across the street from the Mississippi Governor's Mansion is a contributing building to the National Register Smith Park Architectural District. It is now a branch of Regions Bank, after going through a couple of mergers, as detailed by the St. Louis Federal Reserve bank: (
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Sunburst Bank, Grenada, Miss.
May 10, 1995
Sunburst Bank changed its title to Union Planters Bank of Mississippi.
Jan. 1, 1998
Union Planters Bank of Mississippi merged into Union Planters Bank N.A., Memphis, Tenn.
June 30, 2005
Union Planters Bank N.A., Memphis, Tenn., merged into Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala.
The former head office is a branch of Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala."
In 2011 this building was renovated to achieve LEED Gold status.
From the Amendment to the Smith Park Architectural District Boundary (made to add the Electric building), we found a short narrative of the overall district: (
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"The Smith Park Architectural District in downtown Jackson was listed on the National Register in 1976 and contains a collection of architecturally significant buildings that were constructed between 1840 and 1940 around Smith Park, the only "public square" to be established in accordance with the city's original 1822 plan. A wide variety of architectural styles are represented in the district: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Jacobethan Revival, Neo-Classical Revival, Art Deco, and Eclectic Mediterranean. The majority of the buildings are large, important, civic, commercial, and religious buildings."
The Smith Park Architectural District is an irregularly shaped area along N. West and N. Congress Streets, between Capitol St. and the Mississippi State Capitol Building at Jackson.