McElroy-Hoye House - Newton, MS
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N 32° 19.270 W 089° 09.553
16S E 296743 N 3578083
The marker memorializes a center hall planter’s cottage built in 1861 and the families that have lived in the house.
Waymark Code: WM117YC
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2019
Views: 3
Marker located at 400 East Church Street in Newton. Originally built for Marine M. Watkins, this one-story, center-hall-plan house was purchased in 1871 by Dr. J.C. McElroy, a physician and state representative. In 1891, Mrs. Bettie Russell Hoye, the widow of M.J.L. Hoye, a local merchant who founded M.J.L. Hoye and Company, bought the property. The house belonged to the Hoye family until 1972, when it was acquired by the First Baptist Church of Newton. In 2005, the Newton Historical Cultural Commission purchased the house and moved it to this location.
Date Installed:: 2016
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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