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Historic Homes & Buildings

• Bethel A.M.E. Church (circa 1890)
  214 South Monroe • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-7932
  Guides and tours are available so that you may see this beautiful church that still has many of its original features. This was the first brick church to be erected by blacks in the state of Mississippi. The pulpit furniture and the bell and bell tower are part of the original church structure.   map

• Courthouse (circa 1872)
  201 East Broadway • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  This three-story, hip roof stuccoed brick structure was completed at a cost of $65,000. The building replaced an 1849 Greek Revival structure; designed by William Nichols (architect of the Mississippi Governor's Mansion), that was burned in 1864 by Union soldiers. An octagonal cupola housing the town clock is a noticeable feature of this Beaux-Arts Classicism building.  map

• Dalton-Yates House (circa 1837)
  214 North Monroe • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  Possibly the oldest remaining house in Yazoo City, although much altered in its present form. The windows and siding of the present structure are replacements of around 1900, but two original windows with blinds remain, relocated to the attic gables. The in-set porch probably had rectangular section box columns, at some time replaced by the present turned-Victorian colonettes.   map

• First Presbyterian Church
  231 North Washington • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  Formed in August 15, 1841, some of the current members are descended from the original seven founders. After the 1904 fire, the present church was built in 1905. The beautiful sanctuary seats 365 in "theater" seats rather than conventional pews. If needed, 600 can be seated by mechanically raising a wall, which divides the sanctuary and chapel areas.   map

• First United Methodist Church
  203 North Washington • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  First Methodist services were held in Yazoo City as early as 1828. In 1889, a beautiful brick church was built on the site of the present church. This building was destroyed in the fire of 1904. Through heroic efforts of its members, the present main structure of the church was completed in 1908.   map

• Griffin-Norquist House (circa 1890)
  627 East Broadway • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  This house was originally three stories with two additional wings off the back. This late Victorian structure featured an ornate staircase built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and shipped by barge to Yazoo City. The woodwork of the parlor, library, and entrance hall are walnut, cherry and oak respectively and still bear scars of the two fires which badly damaged the structure at the turn of the century. One wing and the third floor were beyond repair. Remodeled again in 1973, the façade was changed to a more classical style, and the kitchen wing was removed from the rear of the home.   map

• Mt. Vernon M. B. Church (circa 1870)
  137 West Canal Street • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-3050
  The first African-American Baptist congregation in Yazoo City, this church was built in 1870 and features stained glass windows, a magnificent stairway, and a balcony with Gothic lettering.  map

• St. Mary's Catholic Church
  129 North Washington • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  The first church of St. Mary Catholic Church organized in 1851, was a small white wooden framed building completed around 1856 at the church's present location. Two lovely brick churches have been erected at this site since then, with 1907 being the date the existing church was erected. Beautiful stained glass windows as well as intricate work and design is worth admiring in the historical church.   map

• Wilson-Gilruth-Seward House (circa 1846)
  326 East Madison • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  The largest surviving house from the pre-Civil War period in Yazoo City. The front of the house comprises two levels of porches with rectangular section columns and turned balustrades. The original Greek Revival character is somewhat masked by decorative woodwork screens inserted between the columns, probably about 1881. There is persistent supposition that this house was pre-cut and shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio. In the 1990's, a screened porch addition earned a "most sympathetic addition" award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.   map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Bell Road
  332 North Main • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-1815
  Resembling the famous sunken Old Natchez Trace, this historic road has been used since the 1820's and was widely used during the Civil War period.  map

• Confederate Memorial Monument
  332 North Main Street • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  A monument commemorating the role of Confederate women during the Civil War.  map

• Glenwood Cemetery
  Corner Of Grady Street & Mike Espy Street
  662-746-1815
  Visit the legendary "Witch's Grave" while at this cemetery that also holds the mass grave of unknown Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Benton Road. John Hancock's children are also buried here.  map

Libraries & Research Centers

• B.S. Ricks Memorial Library (circa 1900)
  310 North Main • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  The oldest library building in the state. Mrs. B.S. Rick's donated $20,000 to construct the library in memory of her husband. The interior features a marble foyer with gold leaf ceiling and a stained glass skylight.   map

Museums & Galleries

• Casey Jones Railroad Museum
  10901 Vaughan Road #1 • Yazoo City, MS 39179
  662-673-9864
  Located in Vaughan near the site of the train wreck that took the life of engineer Casey Jones. The last run of the Cannonball was made famous in "The Ballad of Casey Jones." Learn the story of the "Cannonball" and the history of railroading while viewing the locomotive artifacts at the museum.  map

• Oakes African American Cultural Center
  312 South Monroe Street • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-5038
  Once the home of A.J. Oakes who played a vital role in the education of African-Americans in Yazoo City, this center features an array of displays and artifacts on the cultural heritage, trials, and achievements of African-Americans in Yazoo County.  map

• Triangle Cultural Center
  332 North Main Street • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-2273
  Located in the downtown area, in a handsome old school building dating from 1904. It is considered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to be one of the finest examples of a turn of the twentieth century school left in the state. Transformed now, it contains a theatre, a dance studio, facilities for art exhibitions as well as art and pottery classes, and meeting room available to civic organizations. The Center also houses the Yazoo Historical Society Museum.  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Goose Egg Park
  Center of Grand Avenue
  662-746-1815
  Served as a "turn-around" loop once used by the Yazoo City streetcar system. Interestingly, that system established in 1909 was city-owned, the first such municipal system in Mississippi and only the second in the United States.   map

Tours & Cruises

• Yazoo County Agricultural Tours
  332 North Main Street • Yazoo City, MS 39194
  662-746-1815
  Visit a Mississippi Delta farm and see cotton, catfish, and rice farming as well as a cotton gin and catfish plant. Enjoy traditional Southern food while on this tour.  map