It’s been a long while since our last Name This Place contest, since last July when JRGordon took over, to be exact. For those of you who are new around these parts, Name This Places contests are usually a week-long festival… Read More ›
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The Official 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die List
As I mentioned yesterday, due to my natural soft-hearted nature, our famous and infamous list of 101 Places is actually a list of 106 Places, but I make no apologies. It’s not the list I would have come up with… Read More ›
Trying to Make Sense of the 101 MissPres Places Poll
Today and tomorrow, we will finally, at long last and after much fretting, announce the list of 101 Mississippi Places To See Before You Die (shortened to 101 Places for convenience). For those of you who weren’t around from start… Read More ›
Jackson Poll Results
As we all recover from Christmas cheer, take a look at the Jackson poll results. As you recall, this was the last poll in our ongoing effort to build a list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die…. Read More ›
Halfway Through the Jackson Poll
With a midway total of 602 votes and one more week left in the Jackson poll, the two capitols are duking it out at the top, followed by a peloton of skyscrapers, the War Memorial Building, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fountainhead”… Read More ›
MissPres 101 Places: Jackson Poll (The END Is Near!)
It was November 19, 2010, when I posted what I thought would be a fun somewhat off-beat Friday post, entitled “Miles to Go Before I Sleep.” Examining a new book I had bought called 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You… Read More ›
101 Places: Piney Woods Poll Results
I hope y’all had an enjoyable and relaxing Thanksgiving and most of all that you avoided the so-called Black Friday scourge and in any context did not get pepper-sprayed. I myself had a few minutes to think this weekend, and… Read More ›
Piney Woods Poll at the Halfway Mark
With 267 votes at the halfway point (actually a little over the halfway point since our normal Friday check-in was replaced by a Veteran’s Day post), our Piney Woods poll is a close race. Two very different places are tied… Read More ›
MissPres 101 Places: Piney Woods Poll
Ok y’all, we’re down to the second-to-last poll in our quest to attain a list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die. For the next two weeks, you and your friends will have the opportunity to vote for… Read More ›
Delta Poll Results
The results are in for the Delta poll, and they show that I was wrong once again in my expectations. I really thought more Delta folk would turn out to vote for their favorite place, but in the end, we… Read More ›
Halfway through the Delta Poll
With 269 votes, the Delta poll has another week to go. Not unexpectedly, given that the Abandoned Mt. Holly post from 18 months ago is still one of the top hits here on MissPres, Lake Washington’s Mt. Holly is currently… Read More ›
101 Mississippi Places: Delta Poll
After a few weeks’ break from our polling, we’re back on the track and coming into the homestretch to cut our initial list of Mississippi places down to what will be the final 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You… Read More ›
Golden Triangle Poll Results
Not surprisingly, our old friend Waverley came out on top in the Golden Triangle poll, which closed Friday night after a two-week run. What was a surprise was the relatively low turnout, with a total of 422 votes, fewer than… Read More ›
Halfway Through the Golden Triangle Poll
The Golden Triangle poll is open only one more week. At the halfway point, with 387 votes, Waverley holds the lead, as it should, in my exceptionally humble opinion. If you haven’t voted yet, head on over and cast your… Read More ›
MissPres 101 Places: Golden Triangle Area Poll
While y’all continue to mull over this week’s series about the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol domes, why not cast a vote or two in our Golden Triangle poll? As you know, we’re working our way through the regions of the… Read More ›
Vicksburg Poll Results
As you know, the Vicksburg poll, open the last two weeks, closed on Friday around midnight. Ok, I admit I actually closed it on Saturday morning, but not because I went to bed early, it was because I was out… Read More ›
Halfway through the Vicksburg Poll
With 281 votes at the halfway point, there are few surprises in the Vicksburg poll so far, with the Old Courthouse holding a clear lead. After the roller-coaster ride some of these regional polls have taken us on, I’ll take… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: Vote in the Vicksburg Poll
July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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. … Read More ›
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 –… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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)… Read More ›
