National Register of Historic Places listings in Forrest County, Mississippi

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Forrest County, Mississippi.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in Forrest County

Forrest County, Mississippi

The median income for a household in the county was $27,420, and the median income for a family was $35,791. Males had a median income of $28,742 versus $20,500 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,160...

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. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map.

There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

Current listings

	Landmark name	Location	City or Town	Summary
1	Beverly Drive-In Theater	5320 U.S. Route 49 U.S. Route 49 U.S. Route 49 is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with U.S. Route 62. Its southern terminus is in Gulfport, Mississippi, at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US 49 is approximately 516 miles in length.It... South at Old Airport Road 31°16′42.38"N 89°17′15.79"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed 1948, destroyed by fire October 2010
2	Building 1071, Camp Shelby Camp Shelby Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the...	Junction of Jackson Avenue and Jackson Avenue West 31°12′4"N 89°13′19"W	Camp Shelby Camp Shelby Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the...	Constructed in 1938 to house officers Officer (armed forces) An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
3	Building 6981, Camp Shelby Camp Shelby Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the...	Camp Shelby 31°11′18"N 89°13′9"W	Camp Shelby Camp Shelby Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the...	Constructed in 1918 as a World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... Ammunition Magazine Magazine (artillery) Magazine is the name for an item or place within which ammunition is stored. It is taken from the Arabic word "makahazin" meaning "warehouse".-Ammunition storage areas:...
4	Burkett's Creek Archeological Site	Address Restricted	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Prehistoric Prehistory Prehistory is the span of time before recorded history. Prehistory can refer to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it refers to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing... domestic and industry/processing/extraction site
5	East Sixth Street USO Building	305 East Sixth Street 31°20′3.24"N 89°17′33.90"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed in 1942, serves as African American African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... Military History Museum
6	Eaton Elementary School	1105 McInnis Avenue 31°19′25.53"N 89°16′50.42"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed in 1905, vacant, not in use
7	Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District	Roughly bounded by railroad tracks, Katie Ave., and Frederick and Hardy Sts. 31°19′13"N 89°17′13"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
8	Hub City Historic District	U.S. Routes 11 U.S. Route 11 U.S. Route 11 is a north–south United States highway extending 1,645 miles across the eastern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 90 in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at the United... and 49 U.S. Route 49 U.S. Route 49 is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with U.S. Route 62. Its southern terminus is in Gulfport, Mississippi, at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US 49 is approximately 516 miles in length.It... ; also roughly along Main, Market, Newman and Walnut Sts. 31°19′37"N 89°17′27"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Second set of boundaries represents a boundary increase of
9	Meador Homestead	6775 U.S. Route 49 U.S. Route 49 U.S. Route 49 is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with U.S. Route 62. Its southern terminus is in Gulfport, Mississippi, at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US 49 is approximately 516 miles in length.It... 31°21′40"N 89°21′3"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed in 1885 as a double pen Double pen architecture Single pen architecture and double pen architecture are architectural styles for design of log, and sometimes stone or brick pioneer houses found in the United States. In double pen, two log pens are built and those are joined by a roof over a breezeway in between.An example is the William Boyd... , dog-trot Dogtrot house The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Some scholars believe the style... , log cabin Log cabin A log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...
10	New York Hotel New York Hotel (Fruitland Park, Mississippi) The New York Hotel is a historic hotel in Fruitland Park, Mississippi. Constructed in 1914, the building is a 1½ story, 12 bedroom, shingle-style structure containing 3600 square feet...	63 Fruitland Park Rd. 30°54′57.14"N 89°10′04.86"W	Fruitland Park Fruitland Park, Mississippi Fruitland Park is a small unincorporated town in southern Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Camp Tiak, a Boy Scouts of America camp with a 1-mile educational forest trail, is located in Fruitland Park.- History :The...	Constructed in 1914 using Shingle style architecture Shingle Style architecture The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture....
11	North Main Street Historic District	Roughly bounded by Jackson Street, Gordon's Creek, South, North, Providence, and Red Streets, and the Illinois Central Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa... railroad tracks 31°20′7"N 89°17′57"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
12	Oaks Historic District	Roughly bounded by Hardy, Second, Railroad, and 11th Avenues 31°19′13"N 89°17′59"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
13	Old Hattiesburg High School	846 Main Street 31°19′45"N 89°17′44"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed circa 1911, partially destroyed by arson 2007
14	Parkhaven Historic District	Roughly along S. 22nd Ave. and S. 21st Ave., from Hardy to Mamie Sts. 31°19′18"N 89°19′24"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
15	Saenger Theatre	Corner of Forrest and Front Streets 31°19′32"N 89°17′25"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed circa 1929, Art Deco Art Deco Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and... architectural style, used as civic theater and auditorium
16	Tall Pines	South of Hattiesburg off Memorial Drive 31°16′34"N 89°17′30"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed circa 1925 as country house for Paul B. Johnson, Sr. Paul B. Johnson, Sr. Paul Burney Johnson, Sr. was a judge, United States Representative and Governor of Mississippi. From 1907 to 1908 he was a judge of the city court of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Two years later he became circuit judge of the 12th judicial district, with his tenure ending in 1919. From 1919 to 1923,...
17	The University of Southern Mississippi Historic District	118 College Dr. 31°19′46.91"N 89°17′43.74"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
18	U.S. District Courthouse	Southern corner of Pine and Forrest Streets 31°19′33"N 89°17′28"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed in 1910 as Post Office, renovated in 1939 to serve as Courthouse
19	U.S. Post Office	115 W. Pine Street 31°19′36"N 89°17′28"W	Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...	Constructed in 1934, Art Deco architectural style

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