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Midtown Corinth Historic District is a 
Four buildings within the district were included within the 1991-designated
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
in Corinth, Mississippi
Corinth is a city in and the county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi, Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,622 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP codes are 38834 and 38835. It lies on the state line with Tennessee.
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that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1993. The district then had 229 contributing buildings
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and one contributing site
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, as well as 55 non-contributing buildings. The district "is roughly bounded by Cass, Bunch, Washington, Main, Filmore, Linden, Douglas and Cruise Streets". It is a mostly L-shaped district that includes the largest residential area in Corinth that was developed in the Antebellum area before the Civil War. The area developed from c. 1855 through c. 1941. without "attached map", but with (see photo captions pages 68-70 of text document)
Four buildings within the district were included within the 1991-designated Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites
The Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites are a National Historic Landmark District encompassing surviving elements of three significant American Civil War engagements in and near Corinth, Mississippi. Included are landscape and battlefield features ...
district, a National Historic Landmark
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. These are:
*Duncan House, 810 Polk Street,
*Oak Home, 808 North Fillmore Street,Listed as being at 808 North Fillmore at pages 22 and 63, listed as being at 808 Jackson Street at page 7. which served as Leonidas Polk
Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separat ...
's headquarters during the Battle of Corinth. It is a one-story, post and timber center hall plan cottage with Greek Revival style, built c. 1857 and expanded c. 1930–35.
*Fish Pond House, 708 Kilpatrick Street, (#6 in accompanying photos), also a one-story, post and timber center hall plan cottage with Greek Revival style, built c. 1857. It has a bullet-like trim motif added c. 1925-30 to its entablature
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.
*and Veranda House (a.k.a. "Curlee House"), 705 Jackson Street (#15 in photos).
Other notable buildings in the district include:
*Zachery House, 404 Douglas Street, c. 1905–10, a one-story cottage with elements of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styles, built ca.
1905–10.
*Taylor House, 1022 North Fillmore Street, (#26 in photos), built c. 1870–75, a center-gable "T-plan cottage with Gothic Revival influence"
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References
Geography of Alcorn County, Mississippi Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Alcorn County, Mississippi 1993 establishments in Mississippi Corinth, Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub