Smith Park - Jackson MS
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
N 32° 18.073 W 090° 10.963
15S E 765279 N 3577311
Smith Park - Jackson MS
Waymark Code: WM5J0H
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
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Smith Park
Jackson's only surviving "public square" from Peter Vandorn's original city plan of 1822. Named for James Smith, Scottish manufacturer, Confederate benefactor, and Jackson resident, 1834-1855, who donated funds for a fence around the park in 1884.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Date Installed:: 1997/01/01

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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