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The Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse is located in
Sumner, Mississippi Sumner is a town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. The population was 407 at the 2000 census. Sumner is one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. It is located on the west side of the county and the Tallahatchie River, which runs th ...
, in
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Tallahatchie County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,715. Its county seats are Charleston and Sumner. Tallahatchie County is located within the Mississippi Delta. The county is divided ...
. The
county courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on March 6, 2007. It is located at 108 Main Street. The two-story brick courthouse building was constructed in 1910 in a
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...
style with a four-story tower on one corner. It was the site of the September 1955
Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American youth, who was 14 years old when he was abducted and Lynching in the United States, lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, ...
murder trial. It has been restored to its appearance at the time of the trial, "to house a museum dedicated to the memory of the events surrounding Emmett Till's murder and trial. The project was expanded to focus on all the sites associated with the events. A driving tour has been developed and marked." As of 2018 there is no museum in the Courthouse. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center is across the street from the Courthouse. The Courthouse was designated as part of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument on July 25, 2023.


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List of national monuments of the United States The United States has 138 protected areas known as national monuments. The president of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the United States Congress can do so by legislation. The president's a ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi __NOTOC__ This is a list of properties and districts in Mississippi that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,400 sites distributed among all of List of Mississippi counties, Mississippi's 82 counties. T ...


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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Romanesque Revival architecture in Mississippi Government buildings completed in 1908 County courthouses in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 1908 establishments in Mississippi Tourist attractions in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Emmett Till {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub