Part I This is a question that has vexed me for many years now. A time before recorded history is...
William and Emma Wells House, 1802 Cherry Street This elaborate Queen Anne style house was designed by architect William Stanton for William L. Wells and his...
by Jordan Rushing, Assistant Director/Curator of the Old Court House Museum Recently the Old Court House Museum acquired a 3-inch bronze rifled cannon that was made...
By Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. This Queen Anne style house was built at 1709 Cherry Street in about 1891 by George Pynchon and...
By Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. St. Paul’s Rectory, located on the north side of Crawford Street between Washington and Walnut streets, was built...
The African-American monument, erected in the Vicksburg National Military Park, symbolizes the importance of African-American soldiers during the Civil War. The monument was sculpted by Dr....
By Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation The three-story Greek Revival building that would become the Vicksburg Infirmary was constructed in 1869 on the southwest...
by Nancy Bell, Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation Until 1903, this building, in the middle of Monroe Street, served as Vicksburg’s City Hall and housed the...
The Vicksburg Civil War Museum at 1123 Washington Street will have its grand opening on Saturday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m. The new museum is owned...
The Governor’s Mansion will reopen for guided tours beginning the first of April. On April 1, the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion is opening up its historic section...