Month: July 2011

Old Windows Find Following

By Thomas Rosell on July 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

An article in the New York Times discussing the growing movement to retain old windows.

101 MissPres Places: Vote in the Vicksburg Poll

By ELMalvaney on July 29, 2011 • ( 1 )

July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›

MDAH Announces Grants Awarded to Civil Rights Sites

By ELMalvaney on July 28, 2011 • ( 2 )

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced the recipients of the Mississippi Civil Rights Historical Sites grant on their website this week. These applications were due back in the Spring (I thought for sure I had announced them here… Read More ›

Lamar County Courthouse, Bless Its Heart

By ELMalvaney on July 27, 2011 • ( 9 )

JRGordon’s mention of the planned renovations of the Lamar County Courthouse in Monday’s News Roundup gave me the perfect opportunity to jump back into blogging after lounging about while Susassippi and JR took over the last couple of weeks. A few… Read More ›

Cumbest Bluff Water Tank

By Thomas Rosell on July 26, 2011 • ( 5 )

About 15 miles north of Pascagoula on Highway 63, sits the community of Cumbest Bluff. Simon Cumbest(1755-1820) who first settled on the Pascagoula River in 1799 was the progenitor of the Mississippi Cumbest clan. Cumbest Bluff gained its name in 1832 when John… Read More ›

Update on Crumbling Capitol Street Methodist

By ELMalvaney on July 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

The West Jackson blog has an update on the Capitol Street Methodist Church and plans for its demolition.

MissPres News Roundup 7-25-2011

By JRGordon on July 25, 2011 • ( 2 )

While we’ve been reading about Mound Bayou and playing our 8th Round of Name This Place, here’s what’s been going on in Preservation News around the state: First, news from the Dispatch in Columbus where the local commission is looking… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.0 – And the winner is . . .

By JRGordon on July 23, 2011 • ( 1 )

The last image yesterday was of the 1917 Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown designed by X.A. Kramer. Martin Seigrist picked up all four points, but they only brought him up to second place. The new Name This Place Contest winner… Read More ›

Destroying Modern Architecture?!

By Thomas Rosell on July 23, 2011 • ( 2 )

The Blog of the Preservation Research Office has an interesting post entitled “Destroying Modern Architecture in St. Louis” regarding the St. Louis Pruitt Igoe Housing Project among other St. Louis modern architecture icons. The post discusses some of the issues… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.5.2

By JRGordon on July 22, 2011 • ( 7 )

Martin Seigrist and Susan Allen split the 4 points on this morning’s place – which was J.R. Gordon’s 1903 Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville. One more detail shot to work out and later I’ll crown our winner!

Name This Place 8.5.1

By JRGordon on July 22, 2011 • ( 6 )

Yesterday afternoon’s photo was of the Tippah County Courthouse in Ripley (correctly IDed by MartinSeigrist) which was designed by N.W. Overstreet (thanks SusanAllen) and built in 1928 (CRPIII). Here’s how the standings look going into this final day of competition… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.4.2

By JRGordon on July 21, 2011 • ( 6 )

Susan Allen snagged another 4 points for knowing that this morning’s photo was the Simpson County Courthouse in Mendenhall (Andrew Bryan, 1907). This afternoon, I bring you another detail shot:

Name This Place 8.4.1

By JRGordon on July 21, 2011 • ( 10 )

I let yesterday afternoon’s go long enough with no one getting the site from the interior shot. This stained glass skylight is in the Copiah County Courthouse in Hazlehurst – a 1902 building by my namesake architect James Riely Gordon. … Read More ›

Name This Place 8.3.2

By JRGordon on July 20, 2011 • ( 9 )

The Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner by William Sharkey Hull threw SusanAllen a little because of some date confusion (1902? 1909? 1910?). Since she cited sources on these and included the date I had in my mind for the “right”… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.3.1

By JRGordon on July 20, 2011 • ( 6 )

Yesterday’s second post – a detail shot – didn’t fool CRPIII. He correctly IDed it as the Alcorn County Courthouse in Corinth and knew it was a 1918 N.W. Overstreet building. Standings: CRPIII – 6 Theodore – 5 Suzassippi –… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.2.2

By JRGordon on July 19, 2011 • ( 4 )

Once again, I failed to stump everyone. The 9 am entry today was the Jefferson Davis County Courthouse in Prentiss (W.S. Hull, 1907). Some interesting things happened on the scoring of that one though – Theodore IDed it as a… Read More ›

Name this Place 8.2.1

By JRGordon on July 19, 2011 • ( 12 )

Yesterday, we started with the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni (Kramer and Lindsley, 1921-22) for the 9 am post and the 1 pm post was the Attala County Courthouse in Kosciousko (correctly IDed by Belinda) built in 1897 (Thomas Rosell)… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.1.2

By JRGordon on July 18, 2011 • ( 6 )

Theodore nailed this morning’s place – snagging all 4 points for knowing that it was the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni by architects Kramer and Lindsley and built in 1921-22. It being Monday, I thought this morning’s was a “softball”… Read More ›

Name This Place 8.1.1

By JRGordon on July 18, 2011 • ( 2 )

Name This Place 8.0

By JRGordon on July 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

While our fearless leader is away, the rest of the MissPres World will play. That’s right, it’s time for the latest edition of Name This Place. In the last edition, W. White and I tied for the honors of *Mississippi… Read More ›

Positive Poll for Preservation

By Thomas Rosell on July 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

The results of a readers poll run by The Journal of South Mississippi Business have been published in the current June 2011 issue. “Last month we asked our readers how Mississippi should observe the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Almost 77 percent… Read More ›

The Future of Mound Bayou: Saving the Legacy

By Suzassippi on July 15, 2011 • ( 1 )

At the beginning of the week, I outlined the plans for the series about Mound Bayou, which just commemorated the 124th year of its founding. The intent of the posts was to provide a brief history of the origins and… Read More ›

Taborian Hospital and the Delta Health Center: The role of health care in social change and community empowerment

By Suzassippi on July 14, 2011 • ( 9 )

The Mississippi unit of the Sir Knights and Daughters of the Tabor was established in 1889 for the purpose of providing insurance–burial, life, and health care (Hodding Carter, Saturday Evening Post, February 23, 1946). Membership in 1946 had increased to… Read More ›

Bank of Mound Bayou: Charles Banks, A Chief Lieutenant

By Suzassippi on July 13, 2011 • ( 12 )

Charles Banks, already a successful businessman in Clarksdale, moved to Mound Bayou with the plan of greater accomplishments in the all-black town. Banks quickly became involved in the community, both politically and economically, and worked with Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee. Although… Read More ›

The Jewel of the Delta: Mound Bayou, Mississippi

By Suzassippi on July 12, 2011 • ( 51 )

Our friend Susan James of Suzassippi’s Lottabusha County Chronicles blog will be taking a turn as a guest contributor on MissPres this week sharing her thoughts about the African-American town of Mound Bayou in the Delta. I know you’ll all enjoy learning… Read More ›

MissPres News Roundup 7-11-2011

By JRGordon on July 11, 2011 • ( 3 )

I know our fearless leader is going on vacation, so there will be some guest posts this week and everyone should get ready for the next Name This Place Contest to start next week. With that, here’s the news: First,… Read More ›