Well, I’ve had one hard one and two too-easy Mississippi places this week. Let’s see if I can stump everyone today, at least for an hour or two. If you’re getting into the contest late, no worries, check out the rules here and jump right into the game.
Theodore took the lead yesterday, after two days of a 4-way tie. But the standings are still close enough that anyone could win. Perhaps I’ll even throw in a bonus-point round later today or even tomorrow, if the whim stikes me just to keep it interesting and make up for my lack of challenging places earlier in the week.
Today’s Standings:
Theodore: 4 points
Carunzel: 3 points
JRGordon: 3 points
doakley: 2 points
Provine Chapel, Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss.
Posted by Carunzel | October 22, 2009, 11:14 am1860, Bigelow & Larmour
From HCAP:
“The original design included a bell tower over the entry that was removed in 1910. The building was restored in 1962-1963 and has been refurbished at other times. Some original pews were preserved in the balcony but little used. Tradition says Frank Lloyd Wright called this one of the finest existing examples of New-Grecian architecture.”
Posted by Carunzel | October 22, 2009, 11:19 amDon’t know why, but my original response is not showing up so I’ll clutter everything up by saying it all again.
This is Provine Chapel, Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss.
Posted by Carunzel | October 22, 2009, 11:20 amAt HCAP with views with and without belfry:
http://puka.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/cic/library?a=d&d=p1133
Posted by Carunzel | October 22, 2009, 11:25 amAnd congrats! Isn’t this your your first 2-pointer?
Posted by ELMalvaney | October 22, 2009, 8:15 pmYessir, thank you, sir! The planets finally converged to let me get there first with a building I knew about.
Posted by Carunzel | October 23, 2009, 9:10 amI’ve heard this “tradition” about Frank Lloyd Wright and I wonder if there’s any proof of it? Just like Grant’s “too beautiful to burn” statement about Port Gibson. Makes a good story though.
Posted by ELMalvaney | October 22, 2009, 8:14 pmYeah, some places go so far as to say he traveled to Clinton to see it, but I believe that he never set foot in Mississippi. Anyway, why would he care about fine examples of “new-Grecian” architecture?
Posted by Carunzel | October 23, 2009, 1:27 pmProvine Chapel, Mississippi College, Clinton, b. 1859, Jacob Lamour, architect. J. McLaughlin, builder. Greek Revival.
Posted by Theodore | October 22, 2009, 11:25 amYou’re lucky you included the information about the builder, since Carunzel grabbed so much info that that’s the only thing that got you a point on this one—congrats!
Posted by ELMalvaney | October 22, 2009, 8:01 pmAll of this is according to MC’s “news” website (http://www.mc.edu/news/story.php?id=1160):
*Cost $25,000
*Frank Lloyd Wright called it “one of the finest pieces of Neo-Grecian architecture [he'd] ever seen in America.”
“Used by the North (MC site specifically names Grant) during the Civil War. The first floor was a horse stable and upper floor(s) as an Army hospital.
*Used today as the home of MC’s Department of Christian Studies.
*Named after on of MC’s early presidents.
Posted by JRGordon | October 22, 2009, 11:38 amNot exactly new “news” but I guess it does have some interesting tidbits like the cost. I suppose the “early president” was named “Dr. Provine”?
Posted by ELMalvaney | October 22, 2009, 8:13 pmThe article only calls him a “professor” – but I’d wager that he was “Dr.” (even if he didn’t have a PhD). He was John William Provine, and taught “natural science” at MC starting in the 1890s.
Posted by JRGordon | October 23, 2009, 9:55 am