Preservation Efforts: Tupelo Cotton Mill

A 100-year-old cotton mill was in the process of being demolished when preservationists rushed to city hall to try to stop the action. The demolition was halted, at least for the time being.

The structure in question is the No. 2 cotton mill - also called Scarsdale
Quilting and Converting - which sits just east of the Kansas City Southern
Railroad tracks downtown. It's also inside the proposed boundaries of Mill
Village, a neighborhood preservationists want to designate a Local Historic
District.

The fire department supports demolition, calling the building a "safety hazard."

Endangered Historic Sites

Among the most endangered historic sites in Mississippi are:

Chandler House, Okolona
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Depot, Aberdeen
Spring Hill M.B. Church, Tupelo
Afro-American Sons & Daughters Hospital, Yazoo City
Beverly Drive-In Theatre, Hattiesburg
Coker House, Edwards
Mannsdale-Livingston Heritage Preservation District, Madison
Naval Reserve Center, Jackson
Picayune Colored Gymnasium, Picayune
Mississippi Gulf Coast (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties)