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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 »

Name This Place 8.4.2

Susan Allen snagged another 4 points for knowing that this morning’s photo was the Simpson County Courthouse in Mendenhall (Andrew Bryan, 1907). This afternoon, I bring you another detail shot:

Name This Place 8.4.1

I let yesterday afternoon’s go long enough with no one getting the site from the interior shot.  This stained glass skylight is in the Copiah County Courthouse in Hazlehurst – a 1902 building by my namesake architect James Riely Gordon.   I’m claiming victory for stumping everyone and the 4 points go to me. Don’t worry … Continue reading »

Name This Place 8.3.2

The Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner by William Sharkey Hull threw SusanAllen a little because of some date confusion (1902? 1909? 1910?).  Since she cited sources on these and included the date I had in my mind for the “right” answer (1910), I gave her the point there too.  I also copied some info from … Continue reading »

Name This Place 8.3.1

Yesterday’s second post – a detail shot – didn’t fool CRPIII.  He correctly IDed it as the Alcorn County Courthouse in Corinth and knew it was a 1918 N.W. Overstreet building. Standings: CRPIII – 6 Theodore – 5 Suzassippi – 3 Belinda – 2 ThomasRosell – 1 SusanAllen – 1 With 4 points up for … Continue reading »

Name This Place 8.2.2

Once again, I failed to stump everyone.  The 9 am entry today was the Jefferson Davis County Courthouse in Prentiss (W.S. Hull, 1907). Some interesting things happened on the scoring of that one though – Theodore IDed it as a different building, but one that was W.S. Hull and Suzassippi and CRPIII posted the correct … Continue reading »

Name this Place 8.2.1

Yesterday, we started with the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni (Kramer and Lindsley, 1921-22) for the 9 am post and the 1 pm post was the Attala County Courthouse in Kosciousko (correctly IDed by Belinda) built in 1897 (Thomas Rosell) by Andrew J. Bryan & Co., Architects (Susan Allen). After one day, here’s where the … Continue reading »

Name This Place 8.1.2

Theodore nailed this morning’s place – snagging all 4 points for knowing that it was the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni by architects Kramer and Lindsley and built in 1921-22. It being Monday, I thought this morning’s was a “softball” to get you started.  Let’s see how y’all do with a closer shot of some … Continue reading »

Name This Place 8.1.1

Name This Place 8.0

While our fearless leader is away, the rest of the MissPres World will play. That’s right, it’s time for the latest edition of Name This Place.  In the last edition, W. White and I tied for the honors of *Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire* but who will take the title this time? Since I’m hosting this version … Continue reading »

MissPres News Roundup 7-11-2011

I know our fearless leader is going on vacation, so there will be some guest posts this week and everyone should get ready for the next Name This Place Contest to start next week. With that, here’s the news: First, we’ll start on the Coast where the Biloxi Sun Herald reports that two state historic … Continue reading »

MissPres News Roundup 6-20-2011

If you missed it on Friday, Malvaney posted the Mid-way results of the East/Central Mississippi Poll – which you can vote on here if you haven’t already done so.  You also still have time to support Tishamingo County in the National Trust’s Community Challenge Contest. First, an AP story that I saw picked up by … Continue reading »

French Merci Train Car Moves On Down the Line

Go by the Old Capitol or the War Memorial, and you will notice a change around the parking area.  I personally cannot remember a visit to the area (either to the Old Capitol or the the Archives) when the train car was not there.  On Friday, however, the small (20.5 feet x 8.5 feet) boxcar … Continue reading »