Tallahatchie County Courthouse

United States historic place


Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	108 Main St., Sumner, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°58′13″N 90°22′10″W / 33.97028°N 90.36944°W / 33.97028; -90.36944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908 (1908)
Built by	Hull, F.B. Construction Co.
Architect	Hull, W.S.
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	07000149
Added to NRHP	March 6, 2007

The Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse is located in Sumner, Mississippi, in Tallahatchie County, 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.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse nomination form National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service
"Tallahatchie County Courthouse Restoration". Belinda Stewart Architects. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
"A Proclamation on Establishment of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument". The White House. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

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