Holcomb, Mississippi

This house in Block 6 facing Williams Street was home to the families of Gus Arnold (who built it), Dr. B.W. Farr and J. Fulton McRee.

An era of porches

Like most small Southern towns, Holcomb, Mississippi's oldest homes were clapboard with wide porches to catch the breezes and high ceilings to keep the rooms cool in summer.

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Most were built in the two decades after the founding of the town in 1901. By the 1970s, when most of these photos were taken, many already were in decline, but these images give a flavor of that earlier era. Today, many of these homes have been extensively renovated as new generations have turned Holcomb into a thriving bedroom community. For a map of the town to help orient the homes below, click here.

The right side of this home in Block C at the corner of South Main Street and Tuscahoma was the town's first post office when its owner, Lyda Holcomb, was the first postmistress.

The families of Dr. E.W. Curle, Mrs. M.L. Williams, E.D. Holcomb, Helen and C.V. Gibson (who owned the drug store) and Shaw Williams have lived in this home in Block F on Williams Street/Sparta Road.

Edwin Holcomb, son of D.L. Holcomb, built this home in 1918 in Block 17 facing Highway 7 South.

The Jim Eliott-W.F. Watson home is in block Q on Williams Street/Sparta Road. Eliott was the town's mail carrier for many years.

This home in Block 7 facing Paschal Street was home to the Hardwick family, Mrs. M.L. Williams and Dr. A.S. Hill.

Built by Dr. C.C. Moore, this house in Block 17 facing Highway 7 South later was home to D.L. Holcomb, then his daughter Hortense
Matthews.

This home in Block G facing Williams Street/Sparta Road was home to the families of Lige Clark (who built it), the "Punch" Jacksons, Kathleen Oakley and Gary Clanton.

The families of Joe Harris, Volney Nason and Charles Holland lived in this home in Block F facing Williams Street/Sparta Road.

The families of Robert Turner (who built it), Vennie Turner, C.H. Shaw, Kirk McRee and Noel Staten lived in this home in Block E at the corner of South Main Street and Williams Street/Sparta Road.

In Block 4 facing Williams Street, this house was home to the families of Rodney Brewer, R.A. McRee, W.H. Rice and W.T. Hill.

Sam J. Curle (who built it) and H.K. McMahon (whose wife, Duckett, was a long-time Holcomb postmistress) lived in this home in Block G facing Paschal Street.

John Howard Aven, W.H. Rice, Ida and Donna Singleton and Lewis McCalop, lived in this home in Block H facing Tuscahoma Street.

This was the L.T. Hayden home in Block M facing Tuscahoma Street. Hayden once owned the town's hotel.

The A.J. Fonville and Vernon Fonville families and Ruby Owens lived in this home in Block 2 facing Tuscahoma Street.

Dr. Mays (who built it) and W.B. "Uncle Mose" Simpson, long-time depot agent, lived in this home in Block 13 facing Tuscahoma Street.

The families of Bun Holland and George Keasler lived in this home in Block H facing Tuscahoma Street.

Owners of this home in Block 9 facing Tuscahoma Street include Wes Hayden and Ruby Wilson.

Murf Shumate, Vernon Carver were among the owners of this home in Block I facing Tuscahoma Street.

Dr. L.H. Hightower (who built it), Ben Smith, C.C. Mullen and Verne Workman (whose wife, "Miss Sally" taught generations of Holcomb schoolchildren) were among the owners of this home in Block F facing Williams Street/Sparta Road.

Bates Curry owned this home in Block 12 facing Tuscahoma Street.

The Norris home in Block 19 at Tuscahoma Street and Highway 7 was the home of Jassie and "Uncle Sam," whose filling station was a favorite town gathering place.

The Will Gray-John Bloom home is in Block 8 facing Tuscahoma Street.

Holcomb-Williams-Carmel-Norris-Corder home

This home in Block 8 facing Tuscahoma Street was built by D.L. Holcomb as a rental house. Among those who have lived there are Mrs. M.L. Williams, Carmel and Mary Ella Norris and the Corder family.

This home in Block 8 facing Tuscahoma Street was built by D.L. Holcomb as a rental house. Among those who lived there are the families of Earl Lord (who had the chair factory), Wade Carver and Phil Correro.

This home in Block 8 facing Paschal
Street was home to the Tribble family,
then to Fitzhugh and Hattie Singleton,
for many years a teacher in Holcomb
Elementary School. It's now owned by Gary Jackson.

This home in Block F facing Tuscahoma Street was the John Hayden family home, then the home of Arthur and Addie Laura Williams.

In Block N facing Williams Street, the Charles H. Aven house also was home to Landis and John Eddie Little.