As you may recall, I’ve been spending my rare and valuable-only-to-me spare time in the microfilm version of the Vicksburg Evening Post at MDAH, so I might be bugging y’all with quotes from one-hundred-year old articles from time to time…. Read More ›
Once it was a landmark of growth and progress, only the second Methodist congregation in Jackson, just across the railroad tracks in the fashionable new suburban area being laid out on West Capitol Street. Then it became the symbol of… Read More ›
This year during Pilgrimage season, I headed over to Vicksburg to see some of the early 20th-century houses they have on tour as a contrast to the more antebellum focus in Natchez and Columbus. Two of the most fabulous houses… Read More ›
The results for the East/Central Mississippi poll are in, and it was down to the wire between the modernist Meridianites and the antebellum Raymondonians to see who would edge the other out. At the halfway point, Chris Risher, Sr.’s Vise… Read More ›
If you check back in to MissPres this weekend, you might see things in disarray, mattresses up against the wall, boxes laying around, people arguing about the texture of the wallpaper, etc. Don’t be alarmed, all your favorite posts full… Read More ›
Our across-the-River friend Blake Wintory from Lakeport Plantation sent me this screenshot of Jackson’s Petroleum Building as seen in the recent PBS American Experience documentary “Freedom Riders.” This was in response to the last paragraph in my post on the… Read More ›
Mississippi Architect’s January 1964 featured Mississippi building introduces us to a Hattiesburg architect we’ve mentioned only in passing here on MissPres, Stephen H. Blair (1926-1993). I don’t know much about Blair, but USM’s archives contains a collection of his drawings,… Read More ›
The January 1964 editorial “Computer Designed Architecture” in Mississippi Architect is fun to read in the same way that looking at pictures from old World’s Fairs (for instance, GM’s Futurama exhibit at the 1939 fair or its Tomorrow-land exhibit in… Read More ›
Last winter, before any thought of Spring flooding had occurred, I happened upon a Facebook page for Historic Rodney that had an album of historic photos from the 1927 Flood in that now almost-abandoned town. The first thing that strikes you… Read More ›
If you missed it on Friday, Malvaney posted the Mid-way results of the East/Central Mississippi Poll – which you can vote on here if you haven’t already done so. You also still have time to support Tishamingo County in the… Read More ›
With 316 votes in after one week, our latest 101 MissPlaces poll covering East/Central Mississippi has a Modernist skyscraper by Meridian architect Chris Risher, Sr. well out in front with 15% of the votes. Comparing vote totals at the halfway point (a hazardous… Read More ›
Lately, in spite of the heat, I’ve been wandering to and fro through the Magnolia State, as I am wont to do, and I’ve seen two billboards on an architectural theme that have brought a smile to my face. Both… Read More ›
I happened to be a passenger in a van traveling along Beach Boulevard from Ocean Springs to Gulfport last week, and while I occasionally have taken pictures while driving, I can now definitively say that it’s much easier to do… Read More ›
Go by the Old Capitol or the War Memorial, and you will notice a change around the parking area. I personally cannot remember a visit to the area (either to the Old Capitol or the the Archives) when the train… Read More ›
Wow – it’s been about a month since our last Round-up. Before we delve into catching up on the news, don’t forget to vote in the latest 101 Places poll and in the National Trust’s “This Place Matters Community Challenge”… Read More ›
After yet another 7th inning stretch in our polling for the 101 Mississippi Places list, we’re back into it with a chance to vote for your favorite places in the East Mississippi region. To avoid a huge glut in the… Read More ›
I can’t find anything about this on the Meridian Star site (I don’t think they put all their articles online though), but I’ve heard from a couple of sources that after what appears to me to be a study with… Read More ›
Catching up on my e-mails after my internet-less vacation, I found one from MissPreser Charles Bell, who passed on a link to a booklet I’ve been trying to buy with no success, Picturesque Vicksburg: A Description of the Resources and… Read More ›
A real vacation, in my opinion, does not include the internet or e-mail, so last week I tried to stick to my philosophical beliefs and avoid the digital world. It helped that the hotel charged $15/day for internet access and… Read More ›
We’ll give everyone one more “light post” day to ease back from the MissPres vacation last week. On June 1, The National Trust for Historic Preservation opened voting in their 2011 This Place Matters Community Challenge. This year, they are… Read More ›
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. March 7, 1955: “We are having nice weather. No snow here now. Grandma”
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. “Got here about 10:00 p.m. Left Pensacola at 2:00 p.m. Colder here. Love, Margarette”
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Preservation in Mississippi 