Well, when I wrote my first post on architectural twins, I certainly didn’t expect it to become an on-going series, but I think this might be the fourth post on that theme, which means it was meant to be a… Read More ›
Month: March 2011
Newspaper Clippings: Leflore County Courthouse (1904-05)
I spent a little time at the state archives this weekend scrolling through the microfilm newspapers. It was packed Saturday morning, and competition was fierce for the two remaining microfilm copiers in service. One thing I’ve learned in my years… Read More ›
Historic Places, Models, and Maps
Sometimes I get stuck in a rut on the internet, visiting only the few sites that are part of my routine. Then out of the blue, I find out that people have been working like busy bees on this other… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-28-2011
If you’re not into “March Madness” (or if the bracket you filled out for the office pool was shot after the first round), don’t forget that MissPres has our own version going on with the latest voting round to whittle… Read More ›
Polling in the Center
We’ve polled in three of the four corners of the state (Natchez, Coast, Northeast), so I figure it’s time to move back to the center. Today, we’ll open the poll for what I think of as the Yazoo Bluffs region–Carrollton,… Read More ›
Even More Spring Preservation Events Galore!
In case you haven’t been keeping track of the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s home page, they’ve announced that this year’s unveiling of the 10 Most Endangered Places List will take place at a gala event on Thursday, April 28. This list… Read More ›
Heroden Baptist Church
Back in February, Malvaney ran this post talking about a new biography of architect W.A. Rayfield and included a list of buildings in Mississippi that he designed. The last one on the list was Heroden Baptist Church in Vicksburg. The… Read More ›
Round the Blogosphere 3-22-2011
Hard as it is to believe, it’s been 5 weeks since our last look around at what’s going on in the blogosphere, so let’s get to it, shall we? Over on the online journal Places (which I wasn’t familiar with,… Read More ›
Northeast Poll Results
After a particularly slow start, the Northeast poll ended up with a total of 1,388 votes, which is the lowest total so far (Natchez had 4,502 and the Coast had 4,191). Not too bad considering, I guess. Perhaps not coincidentally,… Read More ›
Giving Credit Where Credit May or May Not Be Due (see relevant regulation[s])
Last week, Tom Freeland posted a picture of the cornerstone of Jackson’s new federal courthouse on his blog, NMissCommentor, in a post title “It’s 2010. Do you know who your president is?” In a detail I failed to catch when… Read More ›
Photographer Joseph Molitor’s 1952 Trip to Mississippi
To follow up on yesterday’s post regarding Architectural Photographer Joseph W. Molitor, this week is the 59th anniversary of Joseph Molitor’s first trip to Mississippi and what better way to celebrate than to share the buildings he photographed? According to… Read More ›
Architectural Photographer Joseph W. Molitor 1907-1996
While reading Malvaney’s post regarding the Lyle Cashion Company building, one of the names mentioned in the article rang a bell: “Photos by Joseph W. Moliter.” Even though misspelled “Moliter” in the original article (it was in the original article… Read More ›
A new do for Standard Oil
Along with others in downtown Jackson, I’m sure, I’ve been watching the re-roof of the elegant Standard Oil Building across from the War Memorial Building for the last couple of months. One of the things you notice right off about… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-14-2011
I plan on some quality time on my patio, reading and enjoying the Spring weather, so I’m jumping right into this week’s news: For those of you keeping track of the calendar, you already know that Pilgrimage started this weekend… Read More ›
Halfway through the Northeast Poll–is anybody out there?
Well, there no use pussyfooting around–nobody seems interested in historic properties in the Northeast corner of our state. Either that, or the people who are interested, aren’t online. I guess possibly the properties in the poll aren’t inspiring to people,… Read More ›
Mississippi Architect, Oct 1963: Lyle Cashion Company
A couple of years ago on a bright fall day, I walked down the section of Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson between N. State and N. West Streets taking pictures of all the buildings on the north side, which date… Read More ›
Tips on choosing an architect, and Eero Saarinen on the purpose of architecture
In the October 1963 issue of Mississippi Architect, Bob Henry’s editorial gives some helpful tips about choosing an architect that are still relevant today. Also worthy of note in this issue is a short clip from Eero Saarinen‘s December 1959… Read More ›
Newspaper Clippings: Quaker Oats in the Delta
A while back on a trip up into the Delta, I swung through the little town of Drew to check out the Lil’ Red Schoolhouse, and then drove up the street into downtown Drew. Drew, of course, is famous as… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-7-2011
Time to take a break from pondering which Northeast MS buildings to vote for and catch up on the news. I think it’s interesting that the Northeast is the focus of our current poll – especially since I was sent… Read More ›
Northeast Poll is now open
Now that we’ve covered the southwest corner and the southeast corner of the state, I think it’s time to move up to the northeast corner in our polling to create our 101 Places to See Before You Die. As in… Read More ›
Meanwhile, at another court building up the street a ways . . .
Yesterday’s post about the new federal courthouse got me thinking about courthouses and government buildings, and as it happens, another court building–this one for the Mississippi State Supreme Court–is also almost complete after a number of years of construction and… Read More ›
Feds Gone Mad
I don’t consider myself an architectural critic since I’m a historian, not an architect. I tend to look at buildings from a historical perspective and examine what they tell me about the people who built them rather than judging them… Read More ›
Before and After: Motel Jo-Anna, Vicksburg
Back a few weeks ago, the Urban Decay blog ran a post about the Johanna Motel in Vicksburg, which when kodachromeguy photographed it in 2004 had seen better days. The building was torn down only a few years later, so… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 