Maybe you remember the post from last year, “Stepping on Jackson, MS in NOLA” where I showed evidence of Jackson’s Harper Foundry in New Orleans in the form of utility covers on the sidewalk. I’ve continued to make a habit… Read More ›
Month: March 2012
Round the Blogosphere 3-29-2012
Time for a rare almost mid-week, not-quite Friday roundup of interesting blog posts. Our Mississippi bloggers have been taking advantage of the nice weather lately to get out and peek into corners and out of the way places, and I… Read More ›
Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg’s Mercy Hospital
Standing on a two-block parcel on a high hill overlooking Grove Street, the old Mercy Hospital’s blue tile front wall still beckons drivers off of the busy Clay Street thoroughfare. But the massive building is no longer a hive of… Read More ›
National Preservation Economist to speak at Statewide Conference
One big news story I did not include in yesterday’s roundup was that our friends at Mississippi Heritage Trust have announced that registration is now open for the Statewide Preservation Conference. The conference will be held April 26 – 27… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-26-2012
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 Architectural Word of the Week: Flemish Bond
Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week. As we move right along through the alphabet, you can check out our past words here. Have you been keeping an eye out for these elements like I have? This week… Read More ›
Before and After: Meridian’s Merrehope
Most of us know of Meridian’s National Register-listed museum house Merrehope. Today’s Before and After is actually an After and Before, showing what Merrehope looked like in the 1880s and before the major renovation and additions of the turn of… Read More ›
Yazoo City’s Delta National Bank and Its Place in American Architectural History
A while back I stumbled onto a website called “Defining Downtown at Mid-Century: The Architecture of the Bank Building & Equipment Corporation of America.” A part of the Recent Past Network, the site aims to bring attention to the thousands… Read More ›
Scooba-Doobie-Doo. Which house are you?
Plate I. COTTAGE AT SCOOBA, MISS. In a Southern climate the requirements for houses, either great or small, are very different from what they are at the North. Special attention must be paid to keeping cool in summer rather than… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-19-2012
Google tells me that the first day of Spring is tomorrow – but judging by the layer of pollen on my car, I’d say it started weeks ago. Hope everyone is getting out and taking advantage of the warm (but… Read More ›
Vicksburg NMP: Other Monuments Worth Stopping For
Well, we’ve come the end of our week-long tour through Vicksburg National Military Park. If you’ve missed the earlier posts, you might want to start at the beginning. Seeing the 101: Vicksburg National Military Park People Monuments, or “Pardon me,… Read More ›
Vicksburg NMP: Small But Interesting Ohio Monuments
Since I was so wordy yesterday, today I’ll let the pictures do the talking. While the other states mostly erected a single large monument commemorating their soldiers’ sacrifices, Ohio chose a different route. According to the Park website, Rather than erect… Read More ›
Warren Port Commission Moves Again to Destroy Ceres
According to Alan Huffman’s blog, the Warren County Port Commission is on the warpath again in its ongoing quest to demolish the main house at Ceres Plantation. Read all about it here. Ceres Plantation, a rare surviving example of a… Read More ›
Vicksburg NMP: Mississippi’s Monuments
Apart from the large “person” monuments we looked at yesterday, the monuments that really catch the eye at Vicksburg National Military Park are the state memorials. The Park’s website lists the monuments, separated by which side of the war they… Read More ›
Vicksburg NMP: People Monuments, or “Pardon Me, General Grant!”
Continuing in our week-long series of travels and observations in Vicksburg National Military Park . . . The vast majority of the people-centered monuments in the Vicksburg National Military Park are simple busts or bas reliefs of various important military… Read More ›
Seeing the 101: Vicksburg National Military Park
Spring is here and it’s time to head out to see the world, or at least a little slice of Mississippi before the heat of summer comes in and crushes you. On that note, a couple weeks ago, just before… Read More ›
Water Valley Makes NYT
Congratulations to Water Valley, whose downtown revitalization and preservation efforts have made the New York Times, in “They Made Main Street Their Own: How Four Women Revived a Derelict Mississippi Town.”
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Entablature
This is our fifth MissPres Architectural Word of the Week. As we move right along through the alphabet, you can check out our past words here. Have you been keeping an eye out for these elements like I have? Having… Read More ›
Architect Harry North Austin: Never a Half-Way Man
A while ago, I ran a post in the Pictures Series about Jackson architect Harry North Austin. Thanks to a beautiful photograph preserved and passed down through one of his daughters and shared with us by granddaughter Olis Billings, we… Read More ›
Abandoned: Vaughan, Mississippi
Recently I decided to take the Vaughan exit off I-55 to see how this little hamlet was doing. It’s been a while since I was through, maybe 2004 or 2005, but even then it seemed like things were slipping away…. Read More ›
Walt Grayson recognizes Poplar Hill
Congratulations to the folks at Poplar Hill School in Jefferson County, one of our 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die, for a nice story on Walt Grayson’s Looking Around Mississippi. Aired on Friday, March 2, the story interviews alumni… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2012
Wow! I can’t believe it’s March already. Lots of Spring events on the calendar to take advantage of, so be sure to check it out. Now for the news: The biggest story I saw this week was from Natchez, where… Read More ›
Seeing the MissPres 101 Places and Asking Questions
Tom Freeland at the North Mississippi Commentor has jumped on the road to his old haunts in southwest Mississippi to see a good chunk of the sites on the recently published 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die. So on… Read More ›
1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Count the Holes in the Hinds County Armory Roof!
You may recall a post from long ago called “Hinds County Armory Shamefully Neglected.” If you weren’t around then, this is a bit of what I said: Those of you who have visited the Mississippi State Fair might have noticed… Read More ›