Here’s the deal:

• Anyone can participate! Art and preservation go hand-in-hand and everyone is welcome.

• Participants are invited to photograph images of places that have been listed as one of Mississippi’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places since 1999.  A list of these 110 sites can be found below. For a more in-depth look, you can found out more about them on our site under Past Lists.

• Submissions can be made by social media! Be sure to tag us, hashtag your photos, and let us know which 10 Most site is in your photo! You’re also welcome to email us digital submissions at preservation@mississippiheritage.com.

  • Instagram: @msheritage / Facebook: Mississippi Heritage Trust

  • Hashtag: #10MostMS2021

  • Include which 10 Most site is in the photo

• Deadline for submissions is 11:59pm on September 1, 2021.

• Our jury of experienced photographers will curate an exhibition from submitted images that will be displayed at the announcement of the 2021 list of the 10 Most Endangered Places in Mississippi, to be held on Thursday, October 21st at The Faulkner, Downtown Jackson. 

• Photographers whose work is selected will be honored guests at the announcement event.

• The selected works will be printed, framed, and exhibited during the announcement event. These framed selections will be available for sale at a price set by MHT and will be considered a donation by the artist. Artists will receive a receipt for their donation.

• During the event on Thursday, October 21st and a year following, these 25 selected works will be available to the public to purchase online. Photographers will receive 30% of the proceeds from the sale of their work at 6 months and at 1 year after public release after the online sale is closed. They may also choose to donate their percentage to MHT and will receive a receipt of their donation.

• A digital exhibition will be shared on www.10mostms.com following the announcement event. Other submissions may be displayed on the 10 Most website at the discretion of MHT, but will not be for sale.

The Jury:

Celia Bess

Will H. Jacks

Laeitta Wade

D’Artagnan Winford

Robin Williams

So, pick up your camera and help commemorate twenty years of fighting for the places that tell the story of Mississippi.

1999

• Cutrer Mansion, Clarksdale

• Farish Street Historic District, Jackson

• Historic School Buildings, Statewide

• Keesler Bridge, Greenwood

• King Edward Hotel, Jackson

• Meadvilla, Washington

• Old Corinth Machinery, Corinth

• Town of Carrollton

• Vicksburg Campaign and Historic Trail, Vicksburg

• White House Hotel, Biloxi

2000

• Belhaven and Belhaven Heights, Jackson

• Chalmers Institute/University of Holly Springs

• City of Oxford

• Irving Hotel, Greenwood

• L.Q.C. Lamar House, Oxford

• Mississippi River Basin Model, Jackson

• Queen City Hotel, Columbus

• Round Island Lighthouse, Pascagoula

• Taborian Hospital, Mound Bayou

• Westbrook House, Jackson

2001

• Greek Revival Homes of the Delta

• Hawkins Field Old Terminal, Jackson

• Mississippi Industrial College, Holly Springs

• Moore Fire Tower, Forest Vicinity, Scott County

• Old Wesson Public School, Wesson

• Rosenwald Schools, Statewide

• The Cedars, Jackson

• Dairy Farms of Oktibbeha County and the Old Co-Op, Starkville

• The Watkins Museum, Taylorsville

• Rippy Road and the Turkey Creek Community, North Gulfport

2003

• “The Cotton Pickers” B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 148, Greenville

• First Christian Church, Jackson

• Historic Cemeteries, Statewide

• Indian Mounds, Statewide

• J.Z. George Law Office, Carrollton

• (Old) Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg

• The Robert Johnson Birthplace, Hazlehurst

• Rodney Presbyterian Church, Rodney

• Tivoli Hotel, Biloxi

• The W.J. Quarles House (Greenvale), Long Beach

2005

• Bryant Grocery and Meat Market, Money

• Flannegan-Lowry House, Jackson

• Natchez College, Natchez

• Old Bridgeport Road, Bolton

• Jackson Municipal Library, Jackson

• (Old) Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula

• Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel, Jackson

• Tippah County Jail, Ripley

• Wilkes Home, Wilkesburg

• (Old) Woodmen of the World Building – (Harrison-Whitfield Building), Columbus

2007

• Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital, Yazoo City

• Beverly Drive-In Theatre, Hattiesburg

• Chandler House, Okolona

• Coker House (also known as “Greenwood”), Edwards Vicinity

• Mannsdale-Livingston Heritage District, Madison County

• Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jackson, Harrison, and Hancock County

• Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot, Aberdeen

• Naval Reserve Center, Jackson

• The Picayune Colored Gymnasium, Picayune

• Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Tupelo

2009

• Alcazar Hotel, Clarksdale

• Arlington, Natchez

• Church Street, Port Gibson

• Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Raymond

• Front Street Historic District, Pascagoula

• Hinds County Armory, Jackson

• Teoc Community, Carroll County

• The Oakes African American Cultural Center, Yazoo City

• Threefoot Building, Meridian

• Wood College, Mathiston

2011

• Amzie Moore Home, Cleveland

• Austin House, Ocean Springs

• Ceres Plantation, Flowers

• Chickasaw Old Town, Tupelo

• Fielder and Brooks Drug Store, Meridian

• Holtzclaw Mansion, Utica

• Lewis House (Oldfields), Gulf Coast

• Markham Hotel, Gulfport

• Mount Holly, Washington County

• Prospect Hill, Jefferson County

2013

• 33rd Avenue High School, Gulfport

• Isaiah T. Montgomery House, Mound Bayou

• Mendenhall High School Auditorium, Mendenhall

• Meridian Police Department, Meridian

• Merrill-Maley House, Jackson

• Millsaps Hotel, Hazlehurst

• Moss Point Central Fire Station, Moss Point

• Southern Christian Institute, Edwards

• Webster County Courthouse, Wathall

• West Pascagoula Colored School, Gautier

2015

• Mississippi’s Historic Tax Credit, Statewide

• Grenada Airfield Hangar, Grenada

• Hugh Craft & Son Surveying Office, Holly Springs

• Jourdan River School, Kiln

• Margaret’s Grocery, Vicksburg

• Melmont, Natchez

• Old Wilkinson County Jail, Woodville

• Phoenix Naval Stores Office, Turkey Creek Neighborhood, Gulfport

• French Hotel, Senatobia

• Webb Depot, Webb

2017

• Town of Rodney

• Fondren Neighborhood, Jackson

• Scott Ford Houses, Jackson

• Stage Marye-Gillette House, Greenwood

• Cochran Hotel, Ackerman

• Temple B’nai Israel, Natchez

• The Walter Place, Holly Springs

• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Estill

• Saragossa, Natchez

• Mississippi’s National Heritage Areas, Gulf Coast, Delta and Hills

2019

• Mississippi’s Historic Water Towers, Statewide

• Highland Park Carousel, Meridian

• James Earl Jones’s Childhood Home, Arkabutla

• Po’ Monkey’s, Merigold

• Mississippi’s Freedom Houses, Statewide

• E.F. Young Hotel, Meridian

• Old Salem School, Macon

• Gillespie-Jackson House, Starkville

• Stutzman House and Blacksmith Shop, Woodville

• Lundy House, Lexington

• Dishonorable Mention: Pat Harrison Waterway Building, Hattiesburg