Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of Delta blues music, with resident musicians including Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountSunflower County, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Sources
1. Dockery Plantation - Wikipedia
History
started in 1895 by Will Dockery (1865-1936), a graduate of the University of Mississippi
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Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of Delta blues music, with resident musicians including Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre (104 km2) cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. Blues musicians resident at Dockery included Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places
View the Source2. Dockery Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Sunflower County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Sunflower County, United States
Wikidata item Q1233749, property P131/P17 (location): Sunflower County, United States
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