Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Aberdeen (Miss.); First Christian Church (Aberdeen, Miss.); Churches; Restoration movement (Christianity); Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866
First Christian Church in Aberdeen, Mississippi, organized in 1851 as part of the Restoration movement. Alexander Campbell visited and preached at the church in May of 1859. The present building was erected in 1925.
Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings; Monroe Female Institute (Aberdeen, Miss.); Lea, Addison, 1813-1859; Griffin, Lewis Lawrence, 1794-1867
The Griffin-Dortch house in Aberdeen, built c. 1851 on Commerce and Hickory, and named for General Lewis Lawrence Griffin (1794-1867). Originally built for Rev. Addison Lea (1813-1859), who ran the Monroe Female Institute in a separate building on...
Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings; Monroe Female Institute (Aberdeen, Miss.); Lea, Addison, 1813-1859; Griffin, Lewis Lawrence, 1794-1867
The Griffin-Dortch house in Aberdeen, built circa 1851 on Commerce and Hickory, and named for General Lewis Lawrence Griffin (1794-1867). Originally built for Rev. Addison Lea (1813-1859), who ran the Monroe Female Institute in a separate building...
Aberdeen (Miss.); W. L. Watkins & Co. (Aberdeen, Miss.); African-Americans; Minstrels; Telegraph
White men, an African-American man, and a child standing outside W. L. Watkins & Co. in Aberdeen, Mississippi. A sign on the building advertises J. A. Coburn's Greater Minstrels.
The Castle on Commerce Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi, completed c. 1883 by B.W. DeCourcey and later altered by the Kimmel Brothers. Photographed by James Butters for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936.