Lost History: Fennell-Thompson House (c. 1890)
The Fennell-Thompson House was a Folk Victorian cottage built in 1890 and destroyed in 1968, when it was replaced by the recently-closed Merchant and Farmer’s drive-through Bank.
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Lost History: Dougherty House (1851)
The Dougherty House was built in 1851 by Dr. John Dougherty. It was also known as the Estes Place, and was demolished in 1933 to make room for a gas station.
Read More...Lost History: Franklin Female College (1849)
The Franklin Female College was a girls school which existed from 1849 until 1898. It was replaced by the Victorian Myers House, was was in turn replaced with the current Baptist Church Activity Building.
Read More...Lost History: Bennett House (1855)
The Bennett House, built in 1855, was a Greek Revival house razed in the 1990s and replaced in 2015 with a Family Dollar Store.
Read More...Lost History: Strickland Place (1838)
Strickland Place was the first two-story house built in Marshall County, and was used as a Catholic school before being destroyed in 1964.
Read More...Lost History: Cummings-Leach-Hammond House (1845/1891)
The Cummings-Leach-Hammond House, built in 1845 but renovated into a massive Queen Anne Victorian house in 1891, was completely destroyed by fire in 1990.
Read More...Lost History: Mississippi Heights Academy (1904)
Mississippi Heights Academy was a private boys school located in Blue Mountain which lasted from 1904 until 1943.
Read More...Lost History: Mississippi Synodical College (1864)
The Mississippi Synodical College was a school for young women which went through several different incarnations, lasting for over seventy years.
Read More...Lost History: Hull Place (c. 1855)
Hull Place, built in about 1855 by wealthy landowner John Hull, was known as the “Annex” for many decades before the house was demolished in 1945.
Read More...Lost History: Watson House (1853)
Watson House, built in the Greek Revival “temple style” in 1853, was used for a girls school for many decades before it was destroyed in 1945.
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