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SOULÉ STEAM FEED WORKS

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c. 1906 begun. Bounded by 4th and 5th sts., and 18th and 19th aves.

Born in Buffalo, George W. Soulé arrived in Meridian in 1879, made money in turpentine and lumber, established a cotton gin, formed companies to manufacture cotton and hay presses, and then founded the Feed Works in 1893 to produce steam engines. The two-story, brick Soule foundry (c. 1917, Van Keuren and Warren; 1923 addition) stands at 1803 5th Street, with the warehouse (c. 1910) adjacent to it. Along 4th Street, the business offices (c. 1889; 1808 4th) and machine shop (c. 1908, Fred G. Shaw; 1806 4th) occupy another two-story brick building. The one-story northeast addition (c. 1915) serves as the entrance to the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, which displays an array of Soulé machinery.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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UNION STATION
LAUDERDALE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
U.S. POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE
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REGIONS BANK (AMSOUTH BANK)

Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "SOULÉ STEAM FEED WORKS", [Meridian, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-EM18.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 219-219.

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