Location Information
(for the Lamar Hotel)
Name:Lamar Hotel [Lauderdale County Courthouse Annex]
Address:410 21st Avenue
City/County:Meridian, Lauderdale County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1927
No. of Stories:10
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:18 Dec 1979
NR District Name:Meridian Downtown (2007)
    NR Status:Previously Listed
    Element No.:122
    MPS:Historic Resources of Meridian
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Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:05-06-1988
Recorded:05-23-1988
Book/Vol. No.:V. 1114, p. 392
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Meridian Historic Downtown
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Context/Comments
The Lamar Hotel was built in 1927. It now contains county government offices.

It was individually listed on the National Register on 18 December 1979 as a component of the “Historic Resources of Meridian” (Meridian MRA). It was later included as a previously-listed element (element #122) in the Downtown Meridian Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 2007. The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1988.

This building is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 214, within the listing for the Lauderdale County Courthouse, EM7).