Property

Location Information
(for the Port Gibson City Hall)

Name:

Port Gibson City Hall [Irwin Russell Memorial Building]

Address:

1005 College Street

City/County:

Port Gibson, Claiborne County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1842

Architectural Styles(s):

Greek Revival

No. of Stories:

Registration Information

NR District Name:

Market Street-Suburb St. Mary (1979)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

MPS:	Historic Resources of Port Gibson

Mississippi Landmark Information

Designated:

11-01-1989

Recorded:

11-22-1989

Book/Vol. No.:

V. 13-H, p. 004

Easement Information

Date Signed:

03-03-2014

Expires:

03-03-2039

Easement Type:

Preservation/Maintenance

Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Port Gibson Historic District

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Context/Comments

This building housed Port Gibson Female College from 1881 to 1928. It became the Irwin Russell Memorial Building (Port Gibson City Hall) in 1933. Included in "Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi" (1974) (p. 49) and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 63, ND77).