Liberty’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Liberty. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Liberty was incorporated on February 24, 1809. The Amite County Courthouse in Liberty is the oldest in Mississippi. Erected in 1839, the courthouse was enlarged and modernized in 1936. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Liberty’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Liberty’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBottomland hardwood forest amite …, 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Liberty, decade by decade
1920s
1990s
5 historic places in Liberty
5 places in Liberty are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1974Amite County Courthouse
Listed 1980Amite Female Seminary
Listed 1985Liberty Presbyterian Church
Listed 2010Westbrook Cotton GinListed 1995Wilford Zachariah Lea HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bottomland hardwood forest amite river (1899) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.