Smith Park Architectural District -- Jackson MS
N 32° 18.000 W 090° 11.006
15S E 765216 N 3577174
The Smith Park Architectural District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It encompasses multiple historic buildings in the Capitol area of downtown Jackson MS.
Waymark Code: WMMHD8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2014
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The waymark coordinates are for the Mississippi Governor's Mansion at Jackson MS, one of the contributing buildings to this district.
From the Amendment to the Smith Park Architecural 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.