Comments on: MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2010

By: MissPres News Roundup 8-20-2010 | Preservation in Mississippi

MissPres News Roundup 8-20-2010 | Preservation in Mississippi — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:03:17 +0000

[...] to the Daily Journal, and following up on W. White’s report back in April, two more houses supposedly protected by Oxford‘s local historic preservation [...]

By: ELMalvaney

ELMalvaney — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:30:23 +0000

That editorial by the Vicksburg Post about Ceres was very disappointing. I’m not saying I disagree about having a tourist attraction there–it does seem problematic–but their statement that the house “has been allowed to deteriorate to the point that renovation would cost more than new construction, and moving it, as Reul learned, is cost-prohibitive from a business perspective” is just uninvestigated hog-wash. When I was there last month, I peaked in the windows and saw no indication of any leaks or any other major problem. In fact, it looked to me like it needed some cleaning up and could be moved into without much more cost than moving into any other previously occupied space. As for moving it, I still can’t for the life of me figure out why it would cost over a million dollars as Reul’s contractor from that TLC show said–houses are moved all the time, and granted it’s not ideal for the house, but they certainly don’t cost in the million dollar range. The more I read about this story, the less is smells right.

By: Tsj1957

Tsj1957 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:21:36 +0000

W. at least Oxford had a preservation commission so that the conversation is held while Starkville doesn’t care enough about its historic resources to have an hpc….maybe one day they will lose enough of their historic fabric to see that it does matter.

By: W. White

W. White — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:16:51 +0000

Lomax’s statements (or indeed any statements like his) will bring out my barbed wit.

In the future, I will link more locations to Google Maps Street View. I ran out of time sifting through newspapers, typing, and linking articles or I would have tried to link the other house in Oxford I mentioned, as well as H. M. Nailor School. Unfortunately, Street View is not all-encompassing; there are streets in Downtown Meridian that cannot be seen through Street View.

The John William Goddard/Ferguson House burned on January 2, which I neglected to put in my write-up. Some of the interior could be saved as furniture and personal belongings were removed from the house. The picture in the Woodville Republican shows that the roof did not collapse (unless it did so at the rear of the house), always a good sign when a house burns. Perhaps that means that the fire did not reach structural elements and some of the interior was spared.

By: ELMalvaney

ELMalvaney — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:06:49 +0000

Taking a cue from W, here's a link to the street view of the house, which really doesn't do it justice. It has these two bay windows opening onto the front porch that are very cool.