While we’re starting our twitter-like news feed on the MissPres page, I’ve been off a couple weeks so we’re due a traditional round-up as well. The biggest news the past couple of weeks have been the municipal elections around the… Read More ›
Cool Old Places 
MissPres News Roundup 5-20-2013
Just a handful of stories from around the state this week: News out of Corinth is the report that an unauthorized demolition in the Historic District was halted because the owner did not have the proper permits to tear down the building. … Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-13-2013
While much of the news around the state this past week was centered around the municipal elections most communities held this week, but we managed to find a good number of preservation stories this week as well. We’ll start off… Read More ›
How Paul Rudolph gave Vicksburg a Brutal piggyback
The other day I was surfing the Society of Architectural Historians Digital Resources webpage scoping out all the neat links. As I checked out the pages I keep my eagle eye out for Mississippi connections. So I was very excited… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-6-2013
Happy Preservation Month! A couple of our stories relate to events being held this month – some specifically noting that they are for Preservation Month, others that aren’t, but are still in pretty cool historic places. First up is this… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-29-2013
April is wrapping up quickly – which means that Preservation Month will soon be here. If any Miss Pres readers have events to share for our special month – let us know and we’ll get them on the calendar. One… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-22-2013
Just because I took a week off from doing a roundup doesn’t mean that the news took a break. Events are still on the calendar – and I hope that in the next round up we get to share a… Read More ›
Deupree’s Historic Homes: Monmouth
Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). Monmouth Monmouth, the home of General John A. Quitman, is now owned by his daughter, Mrs…. Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-1-2013
No fooling – it’s all good news today! First there was a story about downtown revitalization in Pontotoc. Three property owners have recently invested in downtown buildings – including one couple who even turned an historic gas station into their… Read More ›
Merci Train Car Update
Back in June 2011 we shared some pictures of the French 40 & 8 (aka the Merci) Car being moved from behind the War Memorial & Old Capitol to its new home nearby, beside the GM&O Depot. Earlier this week,… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-18-2013
If the calendar full of events didn’t tip me off that Spring was just around the corner, the delightful layer of yellow on my car assures it. Before everyone gets out to enjoy the weather and visit our favorite historic… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-4-2013
February flew by – and now that it’s March, we’ll expect to start seeing news about Spring Pilgrimages and other festivals in historic downtowns popping up around the state. I didn’t see any of these stories this week, but here’s… Read More ›
Bay St. Louis Theater Receives Award
You may have heard that the Bay St. Louis Little Theater is one of the recipients of a 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards. The award is in the category of “Arts In Community.” You might remember back during 2010, Malvaney reported… Read More ›
A new header for MissPres.com’s 4th year
Two weeks ago we quietly celebrated the fourth birthday of MissPres.com with a great article about the early conversations regarding the first restoration the Old Capitol. Discussing the old capital has become an anniversary tradition. Another anniversary tradition has been the introduction of a… Read More ›
Architectural Siblings? Jackson, MS and St. Louis, MO J.C. Penney Department Stores
If you’ve ever read the MissPres post The Beauty of Modernist Storefronts, you’ve seen some HABS images of Jackson’s long gone, international style, J.C. Penney department store. This unique building was taken away before it had the opportunity to be appreciated. J.C. Penney Department… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-18-2013
It’s been an eventful week around the MissPres world – so we’ve had a lot of news & updates during the week. We’ll start this roundup with a couple of additional stories out of Hattiesburg. First is a story about… Read More ›
Help Save the Durant Depot
Today’s guest post is by Sharron Cauthen, Chair of the Durant Historic Preservation Commission in Holmes County. Durant Historic Preservation Commission and City of Durant Work To Preserve Durant Depot (Illinois Central RR) This year the Durant Historic Preservation Commission is… Read More ›
Tornado Damage in Hattiesburg
We’ve seen a few pictures of damaged historic buildings in Hattiesburg, and today we’ve got a broader view of the damage, which takes a relatively straight line from I-59 northeast along Hardy Street, clips the corner of USM, and heads… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-11-2013
For those of you who don’t know – I typically type up these roundups on Sunday as I am able to “schedule” the post for Monday morning. As of right now, I have only seen REALLY early (and vague) reports… Read More ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Monroe County Chancery Building
Monroe County’s Chancery Building, built 1885-87 as a post office and federal building (Mississippi Department of Archives & History/Historic Resources Inventory database), did not make it to the 101 Places in Mississippi to See Before you Die list. It was… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-4-2013
Coverage of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras festivities didn’t keep us from finding a handful of preservation related stories this week. We’ll start in Jackson where the Fondren area was in the news as an example of an area… Read More ›
Photo Update of the Hub City Lofts
A few weekends back I made a day trip to Hattiesburg to check out the progress made on the adaptive reuse projects of the Carter and Ross buildings. I had been wanting to check these two projects out in person… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-28-2013
Can you believe that it’s the last week of January already? Pretty soon, we’ll be talking about Spring Pilgrimages around the state. We’ve had a ton of news since our last round up – so away we go. We’re going… Read More ›
MissPres Word of the Week: Window
In January 2012 Malvaney ask us in the post entitled “When You Absolutely Positively Have to Know What’s a Volute?” to share our favorite definition of a volute. In that spirit I’ll ask y’all to share a definition of the word… Read More ›
Abandoned Mississippi: Kings Daughter’s Nurses Home, Greenwood
I was in Greenwood recently and while there I decided to go check on a hunch I had about a scene in The Help. I don’t actually have a great visual memory, but for some reason, this scene reminded me… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-14-2013
News is still a bit slow in the new year – but we still uncovered enough for our second round up of the year. Starting this week down in Natchez where The Democrat covered the latest push for an oil… Read More ›
