Greenwood has seven districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The downtown area encompasses two of the seven: the Central Commercial and Railroad Historic District and the Cotton Row District. Downtown Greenwood, one of Mississippi’s most intact commercial centers of the 21st century, is a tourist attraction by virtue of the character of its buildings, location, selections of unique businesses and events.

INTERESTING FACTS:

Viking Corporate Headquarters occupies two complete blocks on Front Street and is a National Main Street award-winning building restoration. The buildings include the Greenwood Opera House, several cotton factor offices and former “clubs.” In the cotton hey-day, Greenwood had 19 saloons on its river-front.

Staplcotn Cooperative markets one-fifth of the cotton grown in North America and is located in downtown.

The Keesler Bridge last turned to allow river traffic to pass in the early 1950's. It took four men to turn the mechanism. A large crowd gathered on the banks of the Yazoo River to watch the event.

Fountain’s Department Store, now housing the Mississippi Gift Company, Turnrow Book Company and The Fountain Apartments, cost $37,000 to build in 1914.

The Confederate Memorial Building, built in 1911, is one of only two buildings of its kind in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Built in 1898, Gwin’s Law Office on Front Street is thought to be the oldest building in Greenwood.

“Yazoo” means “River of Death” in Choctaw.