Location Information (for the Corinth Machinery Building) Name: Corinth Machinery Building Address: Tate Street City/County: Corinth, Alcorn County Architectural Information Construction Date: 1869 No. of Stories: 3 Destroyed: destroyed/demolished January 2012 Easement Information Date Signed: 05-17-2002 Context/Comments Believed to have been the oldest surviving industrial building in Mississippi, this building originally housed the North Mississippi Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company. In 1888 it was acquired by the Alcorn Woolen Mills. In 1904 it became the location of the Corinth Engine and Boiler Works. The Corinth Machinery Company began operations in the building in 1912. It manufactured sawmill carriages until it closed in 1973. Recognized by MHT as one of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi in 1999. In 2002 there were plans for it to be rehabilitated, but by 2010 it had become severely deteriorated. In January 2012 it collapsed during a storm, and its remains were subsequently demolished. [HABS: MS-239 (1975)]

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