Pontotoc Historic District - Pontotoc, MS
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YoSam.
N 34° 14.838 W 088° 59.901
16S E 315979 N 3791383
There are 87 building and object within this district, 52 are contributing, and 25 are non-contributing
Waymark Code: WMQ10D
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2015
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County of district: Pontotoc County
Location of district: Roughly, along Main and Liberty Sts. between Reynolds and 8th Sts. , Pontotoc
"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.
West of the courthouse, just across and facing Main Street, is
the 1930's post office. South and west of the courthouse are
Pontotoc's most significant historic houses and religious buildings dating from the oldest building in town, a one-and-one-half-story brick cottage facing Green Street built in the mid 1830's, to houses built as recently as the 1970's. These moderately sized, one- to two-story houses are set back and separated from the sidewalks by about fifteen to twenty-five feet of green space. The majority of the houses in the district, including two of the three antebellum houses, face Main Street. Three church buildings, the Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian, are located in the district. Two, the Methodist and Presbyterian, face Main Street. The Baptist church faces Washington Street.
The group of non-contributing buildings on Main Street between
Green and First fit rather well into the overall character of the
community in that they follow the same basic design standards as the historic contributing buildings in regard to materials, size, and placement." ~ NRHP Nomination Form