Our crack reporter, W. White, has finished exams at MSU (or maybe just got kicked out?) and headed back Alabama way for the summer, where he no doubt will waste his substance in riotous living before coming back to Starkville… Read More ›
Month: April 2010
WPA Guide to the Magnolia State: But the Depression is Great!
Today we come to the conclusion of the WPA Guide to the Magnolia State and its section on Architecture. While Beverly Martin, the young architect we have conjectured is the author, has shown his bias for the antebellum era and… Read More ›
Historic Schools Day
Well it’s very embarrassing to me that I didn’t know that this week is “School Building Week” and that yesterday was “Historic Schools Day”! In fact, I didn’t know either of those existed, but I’ll be sure to celebrate next… Read More ›
WPA Guide to the Magnolia State: Let’s Just Forget 1865-1920
This week we’re working our way through the section on Architecture in the WPA Guide to the Magnolia State, published in 1938 as part of the Federal Writers’ Project. If you’re coming in late, make sure to pick up Part… Read More ›
Some Mid-Week News
Since this can’t wait until our regular News Roundup, I wanted to make the MissPres universe aware of two events in which you might be interested. First, the Mississippi Historic Preservation Conference will be next Thursday and Friday in Natchez,… Read More ›
WPA Guide to the Magnolia State: No Such Thing as “Southern Colonial”
Today’s post is the second in this week’s serial reproduction of the section on architecture in the Guide to the Magnolia State, published in 1938 as part of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writer’s Project. As we saw yesterday, this… Read More ›
Book Quotes: WPA Guide to the Magnolia State
As I get back on my feet from my French connection, I figured this week would be a good one to dedicate to another in the Book Quotes series. This week, we’ll take the section titled “Architecture” from Mississippi: Guide… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-25-2010
Welcome back from France, Malvaney. Most of the news that I have found for the past two weeks has concerned various Pilgrimages. It almost seems that every small town in Mississippi has people parading around in hoop skirts and Confederate… Read More ›
The Original Romanesque and Gothic
Well, after a 24-hour day of flying, including five airports, four hours standing in six lines at Charles de Gaulle, a lovely dinner of lamb and couscous on the Air France flight on which I finally got placed, two hours… Read More ›
More Really Old Places from the Continent
Still in France, of course, and still waiting on the volcano to be quiet or airlines to move to Plan B. In addition to the Roman remains in France, there are many fortified and walled towns, churches, bridges, and even… Read More ›
I’m Not Dead Yet . . .
Well, y’all, I thought I would be back in Mississippi by now, enjoying a lovely Spring while relaxing on my screen porch, sorting through my thousand-plus pictures from my trip to France, and getting back to regular posts on MissPres…. Read More ›
Paved, Not Saved…Biloxi’s Buena Vista Hotel
The Buena Vista threw open its doors on July 4th, 1924 to an admiring crowd of eager spectators. Built on a larger scale than the Tivoli, yet not matching the sweeping grandeur of the Edgewater Gulf, the Buena Vista would… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Sea Gull Tourist Court
“March 3, 1956, Sat. eve., Got in here today, rained all nite, a welcome rain. the azaleas and camellias are just beautiful here, I marked where we are on other side. Lots of people here, are next door to a… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-10-2010
I have not had the time to sift through newspapers, thanks to end of the semester work, merely search online. Since there is a lot of important preservation news in the major communities, I have been able to pull together… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Downtowner Motor Inn, Vicksburg
“March 17, 1969: Tried to call you Sat. noon at 12:00 (1:00 PM your time) but no answer. So far I wish you were with us–only 18 with bus driver–so we all have a seat by ourselves and even extras…. Read More ›
Gulfport’s Markham Hotel, Threatened Pillar of Main Street
The recent discussion in the Sun Herald about the Markham Hotel warrants a rejoinder. That a Main Street program which receives federal and state funds for preservation would even be considering demolition for an important downtown landmark is unthinkable. Alas,… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-1-2010
And here is the news. Calhoun City’s urban renewal efforts continue. According to the March 25 edition of The Calhoun County Journal, the structure I mentioned in the last News Roundup on the corner of Main St. and Taylor Ave…. Read More ›
And now a word from your local station . . .
By the time you read this post, I will be well on my way to my first European Vacation, specifically to the south of France. I’ll be gone two weeks and won’t be guaranteed an internet connection most of the… Read More ›
Linking Around
I’m told that the original blogs tried to bring order to the World Wide Web primarily by pointing their readers to interesting articles or websites. I’m not exactly on the cutting edge of technology, so I probably wasn’t even aware… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 