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the present district boundaries. The Sycamore Street Historic District will be delisted because of the loss of historic resources over the 30-year period since the district was listed.
Main Street National Register Historic District
The 10-acre, six building Main Street Historic District was located on the south si<feM>Main near US Highway 90. This district’s significance is illustrated in the fine Creeie’Cottages and vernacular shotgun houses dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth oe|ito^r. J’he buildings
within this district maintained much of their original architectural detailing and serve as a visual record of what this area of Main Street looked like in the late 1800s *wen Main ^©e^was the
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principal thoroughfare leading west to the Pearl River and New.^ileans^pEMA submitted-.a
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Determination of Eligibility recommending a small expansio^of the "Main Street Historic.;?: N. District. Although FEMA considered recommending incgs^orating this small district into the: proposed Old Bay St. Louis Historic District, the lac^S^a^egrity of t%t.part of Main Street ! .
located between the two areas was too great to allow for^&egratioD^fethe new district. ^
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