| Significant as the residence of R.F. Beck, a prominent figure in the commercial and political history of Vicksburg in the post-Civil War era, this house is the most important residential example of the High Victorian Italianate style in the city. This building was individually listed on the National Register on 9 March 1979. It was later included as element #55 in the Uptown Vicksburg Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 19 August 1993, and it was more recently included as element #58 in the Uptown Vicksburg Amendment and Boundary Increase No. 2, which was added to the National Register on 4 February 2020. The Beck House received a grant of $10,000 under the Emergency Jobs Act of 1983, but it was suffering from neglect and deterioration by 2007. In that year the Vicksburg Historic Preservation Commission was in the process of making a "demolition by neglect" determination. This house is included in the "Historic Vicksburg Walking Tour Guide" (1987) (#20, pp. 18-19), "Victorian Houses of Mississippi" (2005) (pp. 156-157), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.79, YB19). |