MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
I'm at HILL'S MOTEL, Picayune, Miss., 55 miles north of New Orleans, 64 miles south of Hattiesburg, Miss., on U.S. 11, 35 miles from the Gulf Coast. All the rooms in this Motel are fully air-conditioned, equipped with air-foam mattresses, beautiful furniture, ceramic tile baths with combination tub and shower, telephones, radios and service with a smile. You are served a "Good Morning" cup of coffee and newspaper--compliments of the management.
Dec. 23, 1950.
“Thurs. Stayed here Tues. night and got to New Orleans yesterday. Rained hard all afternoon and today. Drove miles all over this town. The Xmas decorations are lovely everywhere. Will have lots to tell you when we get home. Remember me to Bessie,
Love, Georgia.”
so moderne but no one seems to know who designed it. the last of the owners, hazel ann hyde hill pipkin, died some years back.
Posted by Mark Clinton Davis | September 27, 2011, 7:46 amCool place! Is it still around?
Posted by Susan | September 27, 2011, 8:22 amDoes this place still exist?
Posted by crpiii | September 27, 2011, 8:33 amvery cool!
It looks like it could be an older building(s) that were modernized with flat roofs and stucco
Posted by Thomas Rosell | September 27, 2011, 8:38 amLove the design!
Posted by Suzassippi | September 27, 2011, 10:46 amit is an exceptional design and seems bauhaus influenced; but its property at the corner of highway 11 and memorial drive in picayune is in a busy area of escalating property values. this building was demolished and replaced with a chain grocery store and its parking lot some years ago. i have photos of the construction period showing that it was not a modified building. henry c. (foots) hill and his wife hazel ann hyde were the owners. hazel ann was a very beloved character around town highly visible for her trademark pink cadillac.
Posted by Mark Clinton Davis | September 28, 2011, 7:28 amAmazing. Do you know the date of construction? By looking at the ceiling tiles I’m guessing it dates to the late 1930′s
Posted by Thomas Rosell | September 28, 2011, 8:40 ami believe it’s 1940s; but if i can find the newspaper clippings i’ll give you a better date.
Posted by Mark Clinton Davis | September 28, 2011, 6:00 pm