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MissPres News Roundup 7-30-2010
Can you believe July is almost over? Since August is my least favorite month, I’ll be taking my summer vacation next week. You may say, “Good grief, Malvaney just took a long vacation in April!” To which I would respond, “April was over three months ago.” Since I know I’m off next week, this week’s … Continue reading
To Leakesville and Back
Leakesville? Leakesville, you say? What’s in Leakesville and why would you go there? Well, for one thing, Leakesville boasts a fine courthouse and a nice school complex. Plus, there’s interesting stuff on the way there from Jackson, and it’s on my way to see family and friend in the Florida Panhandle, so why not? On … Continue reading
Laurel’s Contribution to Architectural History
I saw this postcard of the Masonite Plant on ebay recently (and no, I’m not addicted. Yet) and snatched it right up because it reminded me that we have our own Laurel, Mississippi to thank for all that pressed wood masquerading as clapboard on houses around the country. But then when I did a little … Continue reading
Abandoned Mississippi: Central Delta Academy, Inverness
I was up in the Delta recently and swung through Inverness on my way back to Jackson from Indianola. I had heard that one of my favorite Delta schools, the old Inverness School and more lately the Central Delta Academy, might be closing or already closed and I wanted to check it out. It was … Continue reading
Blog Roundup 7-26-2010
I think the blog roundup will become a regular feature, not every week but enough to start designating it with a date like the news roundups. I hope these links help pull together lots of good blog posts you might find interesting and broaden all of our horizons a bit. As you might recall from … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 7-23-2010
Let’s keep one eye on Bonnie and the other eye on the preservation news around the state. And those of us who wear glasses will still have two more eyes to, like, avoid marauding oil splotches, watch tv, read a book, etc. See how useful having four eyes is, y’all? ——————————————- From Monroe County, a … Continue reading
Southern Mantel & Tile: Mission Furniture Too
Here we are at the last in our series “Best of the Southern Mantel & Tile Catalog.” Yesterday, I showed where the main office of the company was located, on South Gallatin Street, and I wondered if that was also where they manufactured their mantels, but today, as I was looking back at the catalog, … Continue reading
Southern Mantel & Tile: Selling Mantels and Mantel Accessories
Here we are on the third day of our series bringing some of Jackson’s construction history back out in the open. The Southern Mantel and Tile Company was based in Jackson, and apparently had their offices and maybe their whole operation on Gallatin Street, right around the corner from the old Armour & Co. building … Continue reading
Southern Mantel & Tile: The secret’s in the lumber
Today, we pick up in the second part of our series showcasing the Southern Mantel & Tile catalog from 1908. Southern Mantel & Tile was based in Jackson, so presumably and depending on how long they operated, we might run into some of their work around the state. ————————————— Lumber and Woods. One of the … Continue reading
Book Quotes: Southern Mantel and Tile Catalog
I haven’t done a book quotes in a while, and I’m not sure this particular book qualifies, but I’ll say it does. A while back, I found a catalog published by the Jackson company Southern Mantel and Tile around 1908. I grabbed it off of abebooks quick as a wink, and have been flipping through … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 7-16-2010
Ok, I admit that I accidentally allowed my Clarion-Ledger subscription to lapse–that happened with my home insurance recently too, and it’s getting annoying–so I probably haven’t been keeping up with the news like I usually do, other than my Wall Street Journal. I just can’t get into reading the news online–I like the convenience of … Continue reading
The Rebirth of the Old Pascagoula High School
Today I’m happy to announce another new author to the MissPres universe. T.J. Rosell will bring his coastal perspective to bear on the discussion, and has a special interest in the construction trades and materials. Thomas, as he is also known, already has several posts in the works, and I’ve been learning alot just reading … Continue reading
Hey, haven’t I seen you before?
A while back, in the middle of our frigid winter, I posted about two architectural twins I had run across in travels around the state, schools based on plans published in the early 1920s by the state department of education as “Rural School Houses and Grounds.” Today we’ll look at another school from that same … Continue reading
Spreading Seeds of Beauvoir Everywhere
I spent more than I normally do to buy this postcard outright off of eBay recently–it’s the Mississippi Building at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, and as you can see, at least from this vantage point, it’s a pretty good imitation of Beauvoir. The card itself is also interesting, as it’s written in … Continue reading
Unsheathing the Past…The Checkered History of the Walthall Hotel
Jackson’s Walthall Hotel opened its doors in the spring of 1928. Named for Confederate General Edward Cary Walthall, the hotel opened as an eight story building on Jackson’s bustling Capitol Street, just a few steps away from the Governor’s Mansion. Jackson architect N.W. Overstreet was assigned the daunting task of building a modern hotel above … Continue reading
1930s Industrial History in Natchez
If there was much going on in the news this week, I either didn’t catch it or was not interested enough to tag it for a news roundup. One article from last week, however, was newsy enough for me to track down more information and I offer it here today in lieu of a roundup. … Continue reading
Why you should never put Dryvit on your building
I know it kind of looks like stucco, but underneath that little thin layer, it’s STYROFOAM. Why would you cover your building in styrofoam??
Mississippi Architect: Hinton Hall, Perkinston Junior College
The latest in our ongoing series re-printing the 2-year run of Mississippi Architect from 1963 through 1965. Today’s article is the feature in the April 1963 issue. As always, you can view the full issue, which includes articles on non-Mississippi issues such as computers solving trusses problems and the Sheridan Park development in Ontario. ——————————————— … Continue reading
Mississippi Architect: April 1963
Last month we ran the inaugural issue of the Mississippi Architect, published by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from March 1963 through March 1965 under the editorship of Jackson architect Bob Henry. Editorial advisors in this period were fellow architects Harry Haas, Jr. and Edward Ford Neal. Today and tomorrow, we’ll … Continue reading
Blog Roundup
Since many of the lucky ones are off work today to recover from too much fun/food in the sun yesterday, it might be the better part of valor for me to just do a post catching y’all up on interesting recent posts in the blogosphere. June 14, 2010: Marty Kittrell’s post on the Lamar Life … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 7-2-2010
Well, other than an ongoing gusher of oil spilling into our Gulf, destroying wildlife, killing my redfish, fouling beaches and marshes, and an early-season hurricane washing it all in faster, what else has been going on in our Magnolia State this week? I should have known that right after I said something nice about the … Continue reading
Now-angry buildings were once carefree mid-century moderns
Yesterday’s picture of the former Petroleum Building in Jackson brought out the inner-Modernists in all of us, a fun jaunt back to a time when colorful buildings were considered not only fashionable but suitable for the headquarters of an oil and gas company. Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you hate color), those of you who live … Continue reading
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