Location Information
(for the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church)
Name:Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
Address:311 Main Street North
City/County:Como, Panola County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1872
Architectural Styles(s):Gothic Revival
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:05 Nov 1987
NR District Name:Como Commercial (2008)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:36
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Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Como Commercial Historic District
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Context/Comments
The Holy Innocents Episcopal Church derives its significance from its architectural character, being one of the most sophisticated of the few Carpenter Gothic style churches remaining in Mississippi. Also the church was built by Andrew Johnson, a prolific and creative north Mississippi contractor and architect of the late-19th century.

It was Listed on the National Register on 5 November 1987, and was later included as a “previously listed” element (element #36 in the Como Commercial Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 10 July 2008.

It is included in the "Inventory of the Church Archives of Mississippi – Protestant Episcopal Church – Diocese of Mississippi" (1940) (#73, pp. 94-95), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume II: Columbus and the North" (1977) (pp. 129-130), and "Historic Churches of Mississippi" (2007) (pp. 40-41).