Tupelo

Looking Back at Tupelo April 5, 1936

By ELMalvaney on April 5, 2013 • ( 2 )

The Living New Deal Project

By Suzassippi on March 5, 2013 • ( 2 )

The Living New Deal Project, University of California-Berkeley, is an ambitious project with two primary goals: to map and describe every New Deal Project in the United States in one location, easily accessible to people, and to publicize how we… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 1-7-2013

By JRGordon on January 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

Not a lot of news since our last round-up of 2012 – well not a lot of preservation news anyway. Here are a couple of stories I did come across to start your new year. Up in Tupelo, we had… Read More ›

Spain Funeral Home (R.L. Pound House), Tupelo (c.1920). Designated November 2011.

MissPres News Roundup 12-10-2012

By JRGordon on December 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

After a period of slow news weeks, for the second week in a row we have a lot of news stories to share with MissPres readers. Starting this week in Tupelo with a story that we have been following for… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 11-5-2012

By JRGordon on November 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

Lots of long faces for fans of Mississippi’s college football programs – but maybe a round-up with good preservation news will help offset the disappointing results of Saturday’s games. Going to start out up in the Northeast part of the… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 10-22-2012

By JRGordon on October 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

Now that our latest Name This Place is done, it’s back to our regular routine around MissPres – which means our Monday morning news round up. Here’s what’s been going on since our last one: First, news out of Natchez… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 10-8-2012

By JRGordon on October 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

Next week is a contest week on Miss Pres – and the only advice I can give is to make sure you’ve brushed up on your Words of the Week. But since we’ll be skipping the round up next week,… Read More ›

MissPress News Roundup 8-13-2012

By JRGordon on August 13, 2012 • ( 2 )

News picked up again this past week, so I’m going to dive right in: First up, the Spain House in Tupelo was in the news again this week. This is a story we’ve been following for a while here on… Read More ›

George County Courthouse, Unknown photographer, 6-28-2007. Retrieved 7-8-2012 from Mississippi Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) Database. http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public.

MissPres News Roundup 7-9-2012

By JRGordon on July 9, 2012 • ( 3 )

With the holiday this week, and the big news being Ceres Plantation (which Malvaney covered in a single post) I wasn’t sure we were going to get enough news for a round-up this week – but we did. Starting off… Read More ›

Manship House, antebellum but not Greek Revival (unless you look inside . . .)

MissPres News Roundup 6-25-2012

By JRGordon on June 25, 2012 • ( 4 )

It’s too hot for witty intros – so straight to the news: First, good news in Tupelo where we thought the City Council was going to wait on an opinion from the Attorney General’s office related to the bid laws… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 6-18-2012

By JRGordon on June 18, 2012 • ( 5 )

“Officially” Summer starts later this week, but some preservation news stories are already heating up – luckily, I found some good news stories that I hope will balance this week’s roundup out nicely. First, Meridian where there were two stories… Read More ›

Rear view of Arlington- 1934, Historic American Buildings Survey- original photograph- Ralph Clynne- tinting TB

MissPres News Roundup 4-23-2012

By JRGordon on April 23, 2012 • ( 1 )

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… Read More ›

MissPres News Round-up 4-2-2012

By JRGordon on April 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

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… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 3-26-2012

By JRGordon on March 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 2-27-2012

By JRGordon on February 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

**Illinois Central Depot, Durant (c.1909). One of the most architecturally distinguished depots along the Illinois Central line, the Durant depot was deisgned by Chicago architect Frank D. Chase. It is the only remaining railroad-related resource in a community that once boasted a large yard and roundhouse for train maintenance.

MissPres News Roundup 2-13-2012

By JRGordon on February 13, 2012 • ( 3 )

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),… Read More ›

Corinth Machinery Building, photo Jan 2010, showing 2 collapsed wall sections

MissPres News Roundup 1-23-2012

By JRGordon on January 23, 2012 • ( 11 )

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. … Read More ›

National Register 2011–Individual Listings

By ELMalvaney on December 28, 2011 • ( 2 )

As in previous years, we’re breaking our National Register of Historic Places listings for 2011 into two separate posts to avoid piling on and to allow you time to read through the summaries and ponder. Some of these listings have… Read More ›

Monmouth Exterior View (2009). Photo courtesy of MDAH, taken by Jennifer Baughn.

MissPres News Roundup 12-12-2011

By JRGordon on December 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 10-10-2011

By JRGordon on October 10, 2011 • ( 3 )

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… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 2-21-2011

By JRGordon on February 21, 2011 • ( 0 )

I think Spring has sprung in the Magnolia State in the past week or so – which makes me very happy. If you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying the weather – but you may have missed some preservation news. Never… Read More ›

Out-of-State Architects and Mississippi Architecture from “The American School and University” 1928-1934

By W. White on February 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

Yesterday’s post, “Mississippi Architects and Architecture from ‘The American School and University’ 1928-1934,” covered Mississippi architects and the school buildings they designed in Mississippi (and occasionally elsewhere). Since architectural practices rarely stay inside state lines, today’s post contains the listings… Read More ›

(old) Central Presbyterian Church (1925), now Stewpot, W. Capitol Street, Jackson

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