| Built in 1888-89, this building served as the courthouse for Tishomingo County from 1889 until 1971. Construction of the building was supervised by John M. Stone, former governor of Mississippi, 1876-1882. It was listed on the National Register on 11 April 1973, from a nomination prepared by Ronald W. Miller, who was at that time an architectural historian with MDAH. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 14 July 1986. It is included in "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume II: Columbus and the North" (1977) (p. 77). |