Sims House (Jackson, Mississippi)

The 'Sims House at 513 N. State St. in Jackson, Mississippi is significant as one of the last surviving Queen Anne style houses on the state capitol's "Grand Boulevard". Following construction of the state's Beaux-Arts style capitol building (designed by Theodore Link) in 1903, North State Street developed as a tree-lined avenue of homes of state leaders. Notable Mississippi native Dr. Walter Scott Sims, who was the state's first eye, ear, nose and throat specialist and who was a pioneer in eye cataract surgery, bought the property from Joseph Henry Morris in 1905. The house was built in c. 1905 for Sims.[2]

Sims House
Location513 N. State St., Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates32°18′14.6″N 90°10′47.1″W
Built1905
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.83000954[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1983

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] When listed, it was under restoration and was owned by descendants of Joseph Henry Morris.[2]

Other notable homes on the street listed on, or eligible for, the National Register have included:[2]

Notes
  1. Will Watkins House may not currently be National Register listed, according to its status identifier in one off-line version of the NRIS database, but it was the subject of NR listing 78001602.
  2. Smith-Crowder-Capers House also may not currently be National Register listed, as it does not appear in one off-line version of the NRIS database.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Mrs. Dean Morris Alexander (December 10, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:". National Park Service. Retrieved October 31, 2016. with six photos from 1982


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