.jpg) Meridian Museum of Art in 2018 | |
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| Established | 1970 |
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| Location | 628 25th Avenue Meridian, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32°21′50.1″N 88°42′11.2″W / 32.363917°N 88.703111°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Kate Cherry [1] |
| Website | www |
Meridian Museum of Art | |
  Location of Museum of Art in Mississippi | |
| Location | Meridian, Mississippi |
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| Built | February 1884 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Meridian MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003397[2] |
| USMS No. | 075-MER-0151-NR-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1979 |
| Designated USMS | January 8, 1985[3] |
Meridian Museum of Art is an art museum located at 628 25th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979[2] and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1985.[3] The building originally served as the home of the First Presbyterian Church of Meridian until the city of Meridian bought the building in 1911 and turned it into a Carnegie Library in 1913.[4] The city originally constructed two Carnegie libraries — one for whites and one for African-Americans; the building currently housing the Meridian Museum of Art served as the white library. In 1970, after the libraries integrated and moved to a new location, the vacant building at 628 25th Avenue was transformed into the Meridian Museum of Art and still operates today.[5]
- ^ About the Meridian Museum of Art
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ First Presbyterian Church of Meridian Official Site Archived 2008-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meridian Star - I could write a book... Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today. An article on the history of Meridian's libraries.