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.
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.
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.
