Property

Location Information
(for the Administration Building)

Name:

Administration Building

Address:

Mary Holmes Junior College

City/County:

West Point vic., Clay County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1940

Architectural Styles(s):

Colonial Revival

No. of Stories:

Destroyed:

demolished July 2017

Registration Information

NR District Name:

Holmes, Mary Jr. College (1991)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

Mississippi Landmark Information

Designated:

11-09-2006

Context/Comments

The Mary Holmes Junior College, founded in 1897 as the Mary Holmes Seminary, served as a private educational facility for African-Americans. During the period of segregated schools, private schools like Mary Holmes educated the majority of African-American teachers working in public schools, serving as a focal point for black education in Mississippi. The Administration Building, completed in 1940, was a frame Colonial Revival building, with applied classical details on the window and door surrounds. It was a major contributing element of the Mary Holmes Junior College Historic District. It was demolished in 2017.