53 & 55 S. Main St. - Pontotoc Historic District - Pontotoc, MS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 34° 14.837 W 088° 59.927
16S E 315939 N 3791381
Business was closed when I visited, the business name in this building last was: Talk of the Town
Waymark Code: WMQ19T
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2015
Views: 1
County of building: Pontotoc County
Location of building: 53 & 55 S. Main St., Pontotoc
Building built in 1920s
"42. (C) 53 (Upstairs), 55 S. Main St.
Two-story, flat-roofed, brick commercial building with a stepped
parapet. Below the raised section of the parapet and above the
second-story windows is a stuccoed rectangular panel. Two
replacement 6/6 DH double windows made to fit larger window
openings by filling in gaps with plywood. New storefront. Flat
awning. Transom above awning covered up." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"The physical arrangement of Pontotoc is that of a grid
superimposed on a ridge road that runs approximately ten degrees west of north. This ridge road, known as Main Street inside the city limits, is the major thoroughfare for the downtown area. The grid of the town is laid out with streets running parallel to Main Street (Liberty and Lafayette) and perpendicular to Main Street (Jefferson, Marion, Washington, Green, Morgan, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh). The historic district encompasses eleven blocks along Main Street between Reynolds to the north and Seventh to the south and roughly one block east and west of Main. In the center of downtown is an open green space known as Confederate Park or Town Square. This square was, from 1840 to 1916, the site of the county courthouse. In 1916 this building was demolished when the present courthouse, which was built on the block to the south, was completed.
This new building faces northward onto the Square. This Square is
the visual, geographical, and historical center of Pontotoc. The
Square is casually landscaped with mature trees. Mature trees line
the streets in the residential areas. Small street trees have been
planted along the sidewalks fronting some of the commercial
buildings.
The majority of Pontotoc's historic commercial buildings are centered around and north of the square on Main Street. Most of the commercial buildings in Pontotoc are set next to the sidewalk. These buildings, dating from the 1890's to the 1930's, are built of brick with very simple detailing. Most of these buildings are one story although a few, mostly around the square, are two or three stories. The three-story courthouse very clearly dominates the downtown area." ~ NRHP Nomination Form