Location Information
(for the Amite County Courthouse)
Name:Amite County Courthouse
Address:Main Street
City/County:Liberty, Amite County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1839-1840
Architectural Styles(s):Federal
No. of Stories:2
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:09 Apr 1974
View National Register Nomination Form
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:06-10-1987
Recorded:08-10-1987
Book/Vol. No.:V. 222, p. 416
Easement Information
Date Signed:02-25-2014
Expires:02-25-2039
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Book/Vol. No.:V. 398 Pg. 181-182
Context/Comments
An outstanding combination of vernacular architecture and the Federal style, this building has been the site of much social and political activity in Amite County. It is the oldest courthouse in active use in the state. It has been the scene of slave auctions, marriages, and Civil War activity, as well as the normal function of housing government offices. The wings were added with PWA funding as Public Works Administration Project No. 4673 in 1937-38.

This building was listed on the National Register on 9 April 1974. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 10 June 1987.

It is included in "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (p. 20), "Mississippi Courthouses, Then and Now" (1987), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 25).