101 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Wilkinson County Courthouse — 1903 —

Near Main Street (State Highway 24) west of Boston Row, on the left when traveling west.

Beaux Arts structure designed by Texas architect James Riely Gordon. Replaced 1829 two-story Federal building and an earlier structure. — — Map (db m130439) HM

102 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Wilkinson County Museum — c. 1834 —

On Depot Street at Bank Street, on the right when traveling north on Depot Street.

Originally office and banking house of the West Feliciana Railroad. Today headquarters of Woodville Civic Club. — — Map (db m143739) HM

103 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Wilkinson County War Memorial —

On Main Street (State Highway 24) east of Royal Oak Street, on the left when traveling west.

Erected by the citizens of Wilkinson County in honor of all those who served in World War I - II and dedicated to those who gave their lives that freedom might live This monument also honors those of the following wars . . . — — Map (db m93333) WM

104 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — William Grant Still —

On Boston Row south of Main Street (Mississippi Highway 24), on the right when traveling south.

The dean of African-American composers and one of the greatest classical musicians in American history, Still was born near Woodville on May 11, 1895. In 1930, Still composed Afro-American Symphony, a blues-influenced work. Troubled Island was his . . . — — Map (db m93502) HM

105 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Woodruff-Tucker House — 1876 —

On Natchez Street South at Bank Street, on the right when traveling south on Natchez Street South.

Greek Revival residence built by Milton Woodruff, later owned by Wm. Tucker family. Center hallway is 16 feet high with original molding. — — Map (db m144019)

106 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Woodville —

On Main Street (State Highway 24) at Ford's Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

Chartered in 1811. Was Jefferson Davis' boyhood home. Gen. Poindexter lived here. West Feleciana R.R., begun by Edward McGehee in 1831. was first in state and second in Miss. Valley. — — Map (db m93496) HM

107 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — 94 — Woodville Blues —

On Bank Street, on the right when traveling east.

Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while the innovative saxophonist Lester . . . — — Map (db m50907) HM

108 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — Woodville Presbyterian Church — 1893 —

On Main Street (State Highway 24) west of Fords Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.

Replaced original 1840 brick church that collapsed in 1891 after a severe storm. Congregation built present building on same site. — — Map (db m130489) HM

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