Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse
National Register of Historic Places

Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse

Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Listed
March 6, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Modern
Ref No.
07000149

About this property

The Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse is located in Sumner, Mississippi. The county courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 6, 2007. It is located at 108 Main Street. The two-story brick courthouse building was constructed in 1910 in a Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style with a four-story tower on one corner. It was the site of the September 1955 Emmett Till murder trial. It has been restored to its appearance at the time of the trial, "to house a museum dedicated to the memory of the events surrounding Emmett Till's murder and trial. The project was expanded to focus on all the sites associated with the events. A driving tour has been developed and marked." As of 2018 there is no museum in the Courthouse. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center is across the street from the Courthouse. The Courthouse was designated as part of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument on July 25, 2023.

Location

108 Main St.
Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
33.97068, -90.36957

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTBLACKARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse listed on the National Register?

Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 6, 2007.

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Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse is recorded as the modern era.

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