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               2008
Tour 1 Times
 2 - 5pm : Monday, March 24 9am - 12 : Monday, March 31
 2 - 5pm : Wednesday, March 26  9am - 12 : Wednesday, April 2
 2 - 5pm : Friday, March 28  9am - 12 : Friday, April 4

  Rosedale

1523 9th Street South

This home is considered one of the finest examples of Italianate architecture in Mississippi. Rosedale's colorful, design-perfect interior is often the subject of articles and reviews. The home has recently undergone extensive restoration.

Circa 1856
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Imes
National Register




 

  Twelve Gables
220 3rd Street South

Twelve Gables is famous for being the meeting place of local ladies who met in 1866 to plan a special day to decorate the graves of Confederate War dead in Friendship Cemetery. This ceremony lead to our country's Memorial Day.

circa 1838
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Y. Gildea, Jr.
National Register

 

  Amzi Love Home & Garden
305 7th Street South

As the only home on the tour that has remained in the same family for eight generations, many of the fine furnishings are original to the house. Amzi Love is a bed & breakfast inn reviewed in Fodor's Travel Guide and the New York Times Travel Magazine.

Circa 1848
Mr. & Mrs. R. Sidney Caradine, III
National Register

 
Columbus Historic Foundation
P.O. Box 46
300 Main Street
Columbus, MS 39703
Phone: 662.329.3533
Fax: 662.329.1027
Toll-free: 800.920.3533
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Toll-free: 800.327.2686

This project is funded in part by grants through the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Columbus-Lowndes Convention & Visitors Bureau & the Mississippi Arts Commission.