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MISSISSIPPI- GREENVILLE, MS- 3/01/06

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GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

 

 MISSISSIPPI  THE MAGNOLIA STATE
Explored, 1540 - 1541 by DeSoto.  Colonized first by French, 1699.  Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779.  Territory organized by U S, 1798.  Became 20th state, 1817.
GREENVILLE'S WRITERS
An extraordinary literary atmosphere in Greenville produced winners of the Pulitzer Prize.  National Book Award and O'Henry Award.  Writers influenced by the creative ambience here include William A Percy, Shelby Foote, Walker Percy, Hodding Carter, Jr., Charles Bell, Ellen Douglas, Bern Keating and David L Cohn.

 

MISSISSIPPI WELCOME CENTER

 

DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE

 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
Built in 1903 by the first federally chartered bank in Washington County, this Neo-Classical Revival building was an imposing symbol of financial security for 75 years.  Founding President James E Negus selected its marble and stained glass in Italy.  It was acquired and renovated by the City in 1989 for the Greenville Municipal Court.

COTTON PICKER  BUILDING GREENVILLE CITY HALL OLD FIREHOUSE MUSEUM

 

THE COURTHOUSE ARBORETUM

THE COURTHOUSE ARBORETUM
In 1895, Dr Orville Blanton, son of Harriet Blanton Theobald, "the Mother of Greenville," designed and planted an arboretum on the grounds of the Washington County courthouse featuring native tree specimens.  The Greenville Garden Club, recognized as the state's first garden club, has served as curator since 1948.

 


 

GREENVILLE CASINOS

 LIGHTHOUSE POINT CASINO
JUBILEE CASINO LAS VEGAS CASINO (Closed)

 

HISTORIC HOMES IN GREENVILLE

WETHERBEE HOUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

 

CHURCHES IN GREENVILLE

 ST JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Organized 1858.  This fine Gothic Revival Church, the second building of this parish, was erected in 1907.  It was designed and financed by Father P J Korstenhbroek, who served here for 33 years and was memorialized in William Alexander Percy's "Lanterns on the Levee.  Many of the stained glass windows came from the Munich studios of Emil Frei.

ST JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

HEBREW UNION CONGREGATION
Organized 1880, succeeding a congregation formed 1871.  Once the state's largest Jewish temple.  Two of Greenville's early mayors, the first merchant, public officials, leaders in literature, education, business, law and civic affairs worshipped here.  Replacing a wooden temple built 1882, the present temple was built in 1906.		  

HEBREW UNION CONGREGATION

 

PARKS IN GREENVILLE

 WHERE MAIN STREET MEETS THE RIVER
This building (ca. 1881), formerly the headquarters of the Delta Democrat Times, was immortalized in 1952 by Hodding Carter in Where Main Street Meets the River, the memoir of this Pulitzer Prize winning editor, who stood for racial justice and religious tolerance.  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

 

BLUES MUSICIAN'S WALK OF FAME where Main Street Meets the River

Charley Patton Eden Brent   Willie "James" Foster Eddie Cubic
Sam Chatmon   James "Son" Thomas Abie "Boogaloo" Ames James "T-Model" Ford
Brenda Mitchell - Brad Jordan B B King Alex "Lil Bill" Wallace Eugene Powell Sirin Band
Mamie "Galore" Davis John Morton III Joe Turner R L Burnside War Memorial

 

SIGNS OF THE TIMES IN GREENVILLE

 

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