Uptown Vicksburg Historic District, Historic district in central Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Uptown Vicksburg Historic District is a historic neighborhood extending between Locust Street, South Street, Washington Street, and Clay Street with about sixty-eight buildings representing different periods and styles. The area displays multiple architectural approaches, including the Luckett Compound from 1830 and the Bloom Fountain from 1927.
The district was established in 1891 by Reverend Newit Vick and John Lane, laying the foundation for this neighborhood's architectural development. Buildings were added and modified continuously until the 1970s.
Monroe Street holds the district's memorial group: the Louisiana Confederate Memorial, erected in 1887 by Louisiana soldiers for unit members who died at Vicksburg in 1862–1863, the Memorial Rose Garden of about 1890 dedicated to local soldiers, and a World War I memorial from 1919. The Bloom Fountain, made in 1927 by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company of New Orleans, stands among them.
The district is bounded by Locust, South, Washington and Clay streets, with an additional stretch of Washington Street between Grove and Veto. The Luckett Compound (1830) on Crawford Street is the oldest surviving building; the Bloom Fountain (1927) stands on Monroe Street. Most contributing buildings date from 1830 to 1940.
The district's contributing resources include one fountain and three monuments on Monroe Street: the 1887 Louisiana Confederate Memorial, the c. 1890 Memorial Rose Garden, the 1919 World War I Memorial and the 1927 Bloom Fountain, cut by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company of New Orleans.
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