Holly Springs, Mississippi - Yellow Fever House and Martyrs Museum
- Address:
- 305 East College Ave., Holly Springs, MS [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Yellow Fever Martyrs Church and Museum
- Hours:
- Church Museum by appt. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 662-252-7552
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Holly Springs, Mississippi - Yellow Fever House and Martyrs Museum If you're in town to visit Graceland Too, Yellow Fever probably deserves some attention. During the Epidemic of 1878, seven Catholics -- a priest and nuns -- were martyred while nursing other Holly Springs victims. The church, originally built in 1841 and later restored, tells their story in a small museum, open by appointment.
In Hillcrest Cemetery, there is a marker commemorating the Yellow Fever martyrs.
The Holly Springs Tourism Bureau operates out of the Yellow Fever House at 104 East Gholson Avenue. W.J.L. Holland, a local newspaper owner, was the chairman of the relief committee in 1878, and succumbed to the malady himself. [01/22/2007]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Graceland Too, Holly Springs, MS - < 1 mi.
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- Statue of Liberation (Through Christ), Memphis, TN - 30 mi.
- Crystal Shrine Grotto, Memphis, TN - 34 mi.
