National Historic Buildings and Homes Preview

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Davenport Home

Davenport Home - 107 N Gatlin St, Okolona, MS 38860Davenport Home, 1899 - Free-style Queen Ann. Original front door with oval glass. The house was built by Sybia Davenport’s father as a wedding present to her. After her husband’s untimely death in the backyard, the home became a boarding house until later owners made it a family dwelling again. The house has been in the Criswell-Blankenship family for 30-plus years. The home belonged to Mr. And Mrs. Ed Criswell. The house is now the home of and owned by John Blankenship.

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Smith-Robbins

Smith-Robbins - 110 N Gatlin St, Okolona, MS 38860Smith-Robbins, 1905 – Built on the site of Hotel Elmo as a boarding house for railroad men and owned by Mrs. Smith. Upstairs rooms remain numbered. Supposedly, an old well is under the kitchen, which was originally detached from the two-story building.

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Bebe-Kirk Home

Bebe-Kirk Home - 208 N Olive St, Okolona, MS 38860Bebe-Kirk Home, 1885 – Colonial Revival cottage with original front door and window. Reportedly, the house is built on an old cemetery plot.

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C. Davenport-Walls

C. Davenport-Walls - 313 Jefferson St, Okolona, MS 38860C. Davenport-Walls, 1900 – Victorian home probably remodeled in the 1920’s to give it the then stylish Colonial Revival look.

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Shell-Hughes

Shell-Hughes - 315 Jefferson St, Okolona, MS 38860Shell-Hughes, 1844 – Antebellum cottage remodeled 1904 with the second story added, turning the house into a classic Colonial Revival residence.

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Gilliam-Carouthers

Gilliam-Carouthers - 201 School St, Okolona, MS 38860Gilliam-Carouthers, 1896 – Classic Queen Anne with Italianate influence. Stained glass windows from torn down Presbyterian church once on site. Church was used as a hospital during Civil War with a rumored tunnel to the Shell house across the street.

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Knox-Fitzgerald-Brannic

Knox-Fitzgerald-Brannic - 316 Washington St, Okolona, MS 38860Knox-Fitzgerald-Brannic, 1850 – Built before the Civil War and was once a girls’ school. Used as a hospital during the Civil War caring for wounded soldiers from the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and Brice’s Crossroads. Former owner, Frances Brannic, avows to nighttime mysteries: “The distant sound of string music is heard very clearly in the house”.

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T. Walls-Raspberry

T. Walls-Raspberry - 402 Wheeler Street Okolona, MST. Walls-Raspberry, 1896 – The Walls shared their home with many newly married couples and teachers who were furthering their education at Okolona Junior College during the summer months. During the regular session, the house was an off-campus dormitory for girls. The Raspberry family made extensive renovations after purchasing the home in 1960.

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McDuffie Home

McDuffie Home - 401 W Monroe Ave, Okolona, MS 38860McDuffie Home, 1924 – This 1920’s cottage features Prairie School architecture. Built by Howard and Katherine McDuffie, owners of an Okolona dry goods store. The three McDuffie children did not remail in Okolona and the home is now owned by Walter Chandler family.

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Rosensteil-Williams

Rosensteil-Williams - 311 W Monroe Ave, Okolona, MS 38860Rosensteil-Williams, 1900 – Classic Queen Anne featuring two-story tower and wrap-around porch. This house has had no major structural changes since the 1900’s and still retains its plaster walls and ceilings, beveled glass French doors, six original mantels with beveled glass and some original light fixtures.

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Hodges Home

Hodges Home - 309 W Monroe Ave, Okolona, MS 38860Hodges Home, 1890’s – This home was probably built for the Buchanan family and was purchased in 1944 by William D. Hodges from the estate of Lucille B. Neubert, who was a relative. According to the present owner, Mr. Hodges’ granddaughter, the main house does not have a kitchen. The small wooden building behind the residence was the kitchen and is where Mrs. Hodges prepared the meals.

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Stone-Henson

Stone-Henson - 306 W Monroe Ave, Okolona, MS 38860Stone-Henson, 1890’s – Bult by the Vice family and later deeded to a daughter, Erline Vice Stone, this house was extensively remodeled and modernized in the early 1940’s, but still retains the charm of the era in which it was built.

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Rubin and Clyo Gann

Rubin and Clyo Gann - 105 Stonewall St, Okolona, MS 38860Rubin and Clyo Gann, 1925 – One-story brick residence with clipped-gable roof, entry porch, and right-side wing with attached carport. Wooden door flanked by 4/1 paired windows.

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The Stone House

The Stone House - 105 S Olive St, Okolona, MS 38860Stone-Henson, 1890’s – Bult by the Vice family and later deeded to a daughter, Erline Vice Stone, this house was extensively remodeled and modernized in the early 1940’s, but still retains the charm of the era in which it was built.

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Glass-Loudermill

Glass-Loudermill - 107 S Olive St, Okolona, MS 38860Glass-Loudermill, 1905 – Two-story, symmetrical Queen Anne, wood-sided residence with hip roof, wrap-around porch and balcony. Built by a Mr. Tindall, who was an uncle to Helen and Zaina Glass, who moved into the house after his death. Zaina Glass was a revered Okolona public school teacher and taught several generations of Okolonians.

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The Bellewis Home

The Bellewis Home - 117 S Olive St, Okolona, MS 38860The Bellewis Home, 1905 – One-story symmetrical residence with hipped roof and a three-bay façade. Pediment has pattered timbering. Recent updating.

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Savage-Carter Home

Savage-Carter Home - 208 S Olive St, Okolona, MS 38860Savage-Carter Home, 1920 – One-story residence with multiple roof forms. This house was possibly built by W.G. Mabry, Jr. as a guest cottage for W. E. Savage, whose home was located at 319 West Monroe Ave.