Historical Significance

Listed on the Register of Historic Placesand the Historic American Building Survey, and as a Mississippi Landmark, the Verandah House is nationally significant as a contributing element to the Siege and Battle of Corinth National Historic Landmark District.

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed on the country’s National Register of Historic Places are recognized as National Historic Landmarks.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of our country’s historic buildings, districts, sites, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. It was established as part of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and is overseen by the National Park Service.

Begun in 1933 to document America’s architectural heritage, the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) was the nation’s first federal preservation program. Other NPS Heritage Documentation Programs now include the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on properties by the state of Mississippi and offers the fullest protection against changes that might alter a property’s historic character. Publicly owned properties determined to be historically or architecturally significant may be designated.