Preservation in Mississippi
JRGordon
MissPres News Roundup 5-21-2012
Time keeps flying – it’s hard to believe it’s already this late in May. There’s still some Preservation Month activities before June is upon us – check on the calendar for dates and times. And here’s the news: We are going to start with Natchez where I read an editorial from MissPres reader Kathleen Jenkins … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 5-7-2012
I hope everyone is thinking about the different Historic Preservation Month related events that are on the calendar. Late April saw a slew of stories around the nation on the anniversary of last year’s tornado outbreak. While most of these focused on Alabama, Smithville had its coverage too. This story in the Hattiesburg American is … Continue reading
Thoughts from the Statewide Preservation Conference
News was light last week, so instead of a roundup I’m going to write about the Statewide Preservation Conference held on the Gulf Coast this past Thursday & Friday. The Conference was a joint effort of Mississippi Heritage Trust, Mississippi Department of Archives and History and Mississippi Main Street Association. The conference officially kicked off … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 4-23-2012
Before I jump in to this week’s Roundup, I want to remind everyone that the Statewide Preservation Conference is this week on the Gulf Coast. This is a year when Mississippi Heritage Trust gives out preservation awards, so I expect we’ll see press releases from that even popping up in future roundups. A story this … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 4-9-2012
A lot of news from this past week to share before we kick off the latest round of “Name This Place”: Gulfport Library is back in the news this week (for those not up on this issue, see the “Backstory” to catch up). This week’s news started with this blurb about the City looking to … Continue reading
Preservation-ish Features at the Crossroads Film Festival
MissPres readers in (or will be in) the Jackson area April 13 – 15 might want to check out the Crossroads Film Festival – which will be at the Malco Theater in Madison. This year, our friends at Mississippi Heritage Trust are sponsoring a film block of two documentary shorts (one on Madison’s energy policy … Continue reading
MissPres News Round-up 4-2-2012
No fooling – it’s April already. Don’t forget the Statewide Conference at the end of the month. And now, the news. I’m going to start this week with bad news out of Smithville. The story from this community is “that the Mississippi Department of Archives and History is not pursuing landmark status on any of … Continue reading
National Preservation Economist to speak at Statewide Conference
One big news story I did not include in yesterday’s roundup was that our friends at Mississippi Heritage Trust have announced that registration is now open for the Statewide Preservation Conference. The conference will be held April 26 – 27 in Ocean Springs and Biloxi. According to MHT’s website: This year the Mississippi Main Street … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 3-26-2012
Got some troubling news in this week’s round up – so I’m trying to balance it with the joy of being able to type it up while sitting outside enjoying the wonderful Spring weather (thank goodness for laptops and wireless internet connections!) Here’s the news: The City of Tupelo is questioning if the $175,000 grant … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 3-19-2012
Google tells me that the first day of Spring is tomorrow – but judging by the layer of pollen on my car, I’d say it started weeks ago. Hope everyone is getting out and taking advantage of the warm (but not hot) temps to see some cool places! Since our last round-up, our friends and … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2012
Wow! I can’t believe it’s March already. Lots of Spring events on the calendar to take advantage of, so be sure to check it out. Now for the news: The biggest story I saw this week was from Natchez, where the Democrat reported that United Mississippi Bank was expected to assume ownership of Monmouth during … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 2-27-2012
March is almost upon us – and the MissPres calendar has all the events that are “Springing” up around the state. One to add to the calendar is the Loose Caboose Festival in Newton – which is this Saturday. And now the rest of the news: Up in Tupelo, the possibility of having a “waiting … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 2-13-2012
Happy Monday! Here’s the latest preservation news from around the state: We’ll start on the Coast where 33rd Avenue School in Gulfport is back in the news. If you remember from a couple of posts last summer (here and here), the conflict surrounding the school is that the Department of Labor wants to demolish the … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 2-6-2012
We have a short-ish round up this week – meaning that you will still have plenty of time to search for the most popular commercials from this year’s Super Bowl. Our first story this week is in regards to the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson. The Sun Herald ran an Associated Press story about the temporary … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 1-30-2012
After last week, I thought I might have to change my name and hide for a while with all the bad news to report, but found this week to be better, so I decided it was safe to do the roundup. Been trying to watch for stories on the Corinth Machinery Building, which was part … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 1-23-2012
Disclaimer: I just roundup the news stories, so don’t shoot the messenger . . . Might as well start with the worst of it . . . the crazy weather lately has causes major damage to the Corinth Machinery Building. W. White wrote up a little background on the building during the 101 Places Voting … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 1-17-2012
Wow! We’re already into the 3rd week of January. I know our friends at MDAH are busy this week – National Register Nominations will be considered at their Review Board meeting on Thursday and their Board of Trustees meets Friday – probably with some Mississippi Landmarks on the agenda. We’ll see what news comes out … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 1-3-2012
Happy New Year MissPres! I was on vacation for the holidays – but preservation in the news kept going (and thanks to Malvaney and Theodore who helped make sure I didn’t miss these stories while I was gone). Unfortunately, the last weeks of the year brought bad news from a couple places . . . … Continue reading
A Few of JRGordon’s Favorite Things
Before taking us through the annual “Year in Review” posts, Malvaney asked some of us regular contributors about our favorite posts of the year. One of my favorites was the Friday Malvaney did the “Where Have All The Buzzards Gone?” post back in September. It had been a pretty typical MissPres week post-wise: the news … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 12-12-2011
This may surprise everyone, but today’s Roundup is the final one for 2011 because of the end of year posts we have planned the next two weeks. A lot of the news I saw this week were local press releases on the projects receiving Community Heritage grants – which we covered with MDAH’s release – … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 12-5-2011
Wow. I can’t believe it’s December already. Besides the year winding down, so is our 101 Places Poll with the Jackson area voting. Now to the news. First, sad news out of Lee County where Tupelo banker Marty Ramage passed away early this week. Ramage was also “a stellar local historian and author of several … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 11-21-2011
Since I can’t resist the joke – this week’s Roundup is stuffed with tidbits from around the state . . . Now that the joke’s out of my system, let’s get to the actual news. First, wonderful news from the Bolivar Commercial about Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou. Thanks to a USDA Rural Development Grant … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 11-7-11
Tomorrow’s election day – so go vote. While you’re at it, remember to vote in the latest 101 Places Poll. Now on to preservation news: First, found a story about an historic marker unveiling in Winona honoring the first American aviator to die in the line of duty nearly 100 years ago – Ensign William … Continue reading
MDAH Introduces New Database of Historic Resources in State
Every now and then, MissPres will come across a news story that needs its own post instead of getting folded into the regular roundup. While working on yesterday’s, I came across such an announcement on the MDAH Website. Below is the text of the press release about the website (I added images from screen shots … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 10-31-2011
Happy Halloween! I think the Great Pumpkin brought us treats early, but unfortunately there is one “trick” in the round up this week. First, news out of Natchez where Stanton Hall has had structural engineers examining the building to locate the source(s) of problems in the landmark house. The article talks about some new technologies … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 10-17-2011
Compared to the last couple of Mondays, this week’s roundup feels pretty short. So after you’ve caught up on the news, go check out the voting on the Delta Poll for our 101 Places list. We’re going to start in east Mississippi where the news is that the demolition process for the Hotel Meridian has … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 10-10-2011
For the second week in a row, we have a lot of news to share from around the state – so I’m going to get right into it: First, a story we’ve been following out of Columbus for a couple of months has come up again. According to the Dispatch, the ongoing efforts to create … Continue reading
Post Office Reuse Idea
Ran across this slide show story about an old post office that a woman turned into her house. It’s not in Mississippi, but I thought it was a good example of how creative people can be with historic buildings.
MissPres Newsroundup 10-3-2011
MissPres may have been off last week (and showing some fun vacation post cards), but the news didn’t stop. In fact, with the cooler weather, I think preservation related news and events are just starting to heat up. October is Archeology Month and I hear from some archeologist pals that there are events planned around … Continue reading
Mini News Roundup 9-19-2011
Not a lot of news this week – but Roundup will be taking next week off and I didn’t want to hold these for that long. NBC station WTVA reported that the Cates-Gaither Home in Fulton – commonly known as “The Cedars” – was designated as a Mississippi Landmark by MDAH. The designation was actually … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 9-13-2011
The nicer temps last week made me yearn for Fall – and I hope the weather is nice for all of us to plan trips to Fall Pilgrimages that are on the calendar and/or to see places likely to end up on our 101 List. And now, the news:WXVT in the Delta had a short … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 8-30-2011
A lot of the news this past week focused on the East Coast and Hurricane Irene – which made me (and probably a lot of you as well) remember that the Katrina anniversary was yesterday; hence no post in memory of that important event in Mississippi preservation history. Despite that, I still found plenty of … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 8-15-2011
This week’s Roundup makes me feel like I’m in a bad sequel to a previous summer blockbuster film like Jaws: The Revenge. Okay, so maybe comparing it to one of the worst films ever made exaggerates this week’s news a little, but August has brought some hot topics – and not so great news – … Continue reading
NHL Photo Contest
The National Park Service is giving everyone one more chance to enter photos in their 2011 NHL Photo Contest on Flickr. They say: Due to confusion over the process for entering the 2011 NHL Photo Contest, we will be reopening on Tuesday August 16 8:00AM EST until Wednesday August 17 8:00AM EST Tags alone do … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 8-8-2011
Summer has really heated up in the Magnolia State, and we have a few really hot stories in the news this week. A quick reminder before we dive into the news, don’t forget that the Vicksburg Poll closes on Friday. Big, big news out of Gulfport regarding the Markham Hotel. According to an article in … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 8-1-2011
Just a handful of preservation related stories from around the state to share this week – so this roundup will be shorter than most. After you all read up on these stories, perhaps you want to spend some time contemplating the latest 101 Places Poll that went up on Friday. I think the biggest story … Continue reading
MissPres News Roundup 7-25-2011
While we’ve been reading about Mound Bayou and playing our 8th Round of Name This Place, here’s what’s been going on in Preservation News around the state: First, news from the Dispatch in Columbus where the local commission is looking to create a new local historic district in Southside. Everything in the article tells me … Continue reading
Name This Place 8.0 – And the winner is . . .
The last image yesterday was of the 1917 Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown designed by X.A. Kramer. Martin Seigrist picked up all four points, but they only brought him up to second place. The new Name This Place Contest winner is Susan Allen – who led the way with 12 total points. As Thomas Rossell … Continue reading
Name This Place 8.5.2
Martin Seigrist and Susan Allen split the 4 points on this morning’s place – which was J.R. Gordon’s 1903 Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville. One more detail shot to work out and later I’ll crown our winner!
Name This Place 8.5.1
Yesterday afternoon’s photo was of the Tippah County Courthouse in Ripley (correctly IDed by MartinSeigrist) which was designed by N.W. Overstreet (thanks SusanAllen) and built in 1928 (CRPIII). Here’s how the standings look going into this final day of competition (and with 8 points up for grabs today, it’s still anyone’s game to win) SusanAllen … Continue reading
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