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Preservation in Mississippi 
Is that the Jewish Temple in Port Gibson?
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der!.. nevermind…
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:-)
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Episcopal Church in Vicksburg?… Romanesque arch…
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Nope, getting geographically closer.
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church in Port Gibson?
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Yazoo City
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Yes! Two points for you! Date of construction for another point! Describe the architecture of the doors for yet another point.
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The MDAH database gives 1905-07 for the date. No architect, but documented builder is Glass & Morford.
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Gonna have to let someone else get those… I just used to live in that are and the building was familiar.
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Thomas, the MDAH database allows you to search by property name and/or address and contains all sorts of architectural information, so if you want to pursue these kinds of leads in the future, check it out: https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/search.aspx (use the Property Search for the largest pool of buildings).
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Recessed entry with souble-leaf wood doors each with three vertical panels over three horizontal panels below an arched stained glass transom. Surrounding the entry is a series of graduated arches (terra cotta I think) featuring decorative scroll work and a dentil details. The arches are anchored by pilasters with Corinthian capitols
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Yes, an unglazed terra cotta–really beautiful! The supports are better termed “engaged columns” since they’re rounded like columns rather than flat like pilasters. In a real Romanesque church, this whole entry would be called a “portal” and would be the primary decorative feature of the building, These recall Christ’s “I am the Door,” and would be filled with iconic carvings usually showing the Last Judgment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26519181@N06/4654637760/, and for scale of what all those little details really are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26519181@N06/4654022127). This portal on St. Mary’s is the main emphasis, but also competes with two corner towers, and of course features classical details rather than religious symbols.
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I wish I could have used this image for the word of the week post on Dentils.
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I can’t play because I don’t know MS buildings. But I just wanted to comment on what a beautiful entryway this is – great picture!
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Isn’t it great? And the light was just at the right raking angle when I wandered past it a while back to make those details pop!
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