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Preservation in Mississippi 
I thought it might be Historic Jefferson College but I don’t remember a transom over those back doors. Do I get any credit for identifying where it’s not?
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I had the same thought about it being Historic Jefferson College, and I remember transoms there, but not double-leaf doors on any of the buildings
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Nope. And nope! Y’all are a bunch of fishers!
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I’ll toss out another guess:
Rodney Presbyterian Church (c. 1832) in Jefferson County
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Nope!
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My first thought was Rodney Presbyterian Church too! But I looked at some old photos and saw that the decorative element above the door (lintel?) is too plain and the Rodney front doors are 6 panel. Whatever the correct name is for the piece above the door can be a Friday vocabulary word so I can add it to my one brain cell.
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Don’t add too much to your brain cell! We want to keep you around these parts and at least mostly “all there” if you know what I mean :-)
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Would the molding above the door be called a cornice?
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Cornice or lintel would work for this piece. I usually think of a cornice as less purely structural and more decorative than a lintel–this piece walks the line between structural and decorative, so I’m going to give both gstone and Cindy a point for suggesting each. I still may get the rest of the points on this one–can’t believe this is stumping everyone! I thought this one was the softball of the day!
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Okay, then how about those common bond courses every irregular rows: first 7, then 10, then 6…or was it the other way around?
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Good eye! I hadn’t noticed that detail–you’re becoming the Bond Queen round these parts :-)
That’s an especially strange irregularity since this is a real masonry wall, i.e., structural not just a brick veneer like the Easter post’s church.
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Usually a real structural masonry wall will have those Header courses every six or seven courses….that row ties together the interior brick and is common on true load bearing masonry walls.
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And one point for your good eye!
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Could it be Jacinto Courthouse – former Tishomingo County Courthouse – Constructed 1854 ?
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Aha! The late bird gets the worm! Three points!
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Federal style architecture, considered “one of the finest examples” with walls nearly two feet thick.
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Architect: Unknown. Town named after the battle of San Jacinto in Texas.
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Bricks were handmade, which possibly explains some of their irregularity. Used as a school until 1908 and as a Methodist Church until 1960. Rescued from scheduled demolition in 1964 after being sold for $600 to a wrecking company; bought back for $2000– sweet deal for the wrecking company.
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I really like how the trim on the mullion between the doors and transom turns and continues across the door jamb. Very cool detail!
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