1904 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

1904 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Jackson County’s Episcopal congregation moved into Newport in 1879, changing its name from Grace Church to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and building a small wooden structure at the corner of Third and Hazel Streets.  In 1904, St. Paul’s built a fine...
1990’s – Tom Thumb Wedding

1990’s – Tom Thumb Wedding

Mrs. O.D. Watson and Mrs. Charles Wilmans sponsored this Tom Thumb wedding as a benefit for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  The performance was in the Newport Opera House.  This photograph was taken in front of the Brandenburg house on the southwest corner...
1900’s – Newport Free School

1900’s – Newport Free School

Built in 1896 and torn down in 1911, the yellow-brick Newport Free School was located between Third and Fourth Streets on Walnut Street.  It was open to all white children in Jackson County.  The county did not offer public education to its African American residents...