You may recall that David Preziosi recently left his post as executive director at the Mississippi Heritage Trust for a similar position at Preservation Dallas. MHT has recently posted a job announcement to fill their vacant position. Maybe you’ve been… Read More ›
Month: October 2012
“Ghosts of Ole Miss” on ESPN
If you’re looking for a break from the Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy coverage tonight, check out ESPN’s “Ghosts of Ole Miss” about the 1962 football season in the midst of violence over integration: “In the fall of 1962, James Meredith walked onto… Read More ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Old Pontotoc Post Office
A few weeks ago, Mark Davis’ Restoring Picayune’s Disappeared WPA Mural not only provided a great story about the Picayune Post Office WPA mural, but included some wonderful photographs of other WPA post office murals. Not long after that, I found myself… Read More ›
Historic Cemetery Tours 2012
If you ‘re looking for some spooky fun with a historical twist this week you are in luck. Four cemeteries in Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area are offering tours with grave side re-enactments. To learn more about the Biloxi,… Read More ›
Something You May Not Know About the Natchez Malt Shop
You probably read with horror, as I did a couple of weeks ago–in fact, I think my co-workers heard a long anguished “NOOOOOOO!!!” from my office–that a car smashed into the Malt Shop in Natchez, destroying pretty much the whole… Read More ›
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Undercut Gallery
Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week! If you want to check out any previous word you can do that here. As always our example photographs come from the MDAH Historic Resources Database. This week’s word might sound… Read More ›
Get Your Own Vicksburg Military Park Guide!
With the amazing fall weather we’ve been having this month, you might be getting fall fever, ready to head outdoors and see the world. If so, now is a great time to head over to Vicksburg for a day trip… Read More ›
Cemetery Conservation Workshop
Got an email about this event late last week – and our friends at some of the sponsoring organizations asked us to share it with the MissPres world. For all our grave finders out there who have wondered how to… Read More ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Pontotoc County Courthouse
Pontotoc County’s Neoclassical courthouse–a joint venture between Mahan & Broadwell of Memphis and a young N. W. Overstreet–was constructed in 1915, facing the old courthouse which stood on the town square (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory). After… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 10-22-2012
Now that our latest Name This Place is done, it’s back to our regular routine around MissPres – which means our Monday morning news round up. Here’s what’s been going on since our last one: First, news out of Natchez… Read More ›
Name This Place 10 – The Results
Oops – I meant to post the results Friday night – but the evening and then the weekend got away from me. Friday’s Name This Place photo was a great source of our Word of the Week Terms. It was… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.5
It’s the last day of our latest Name This Place! Yesterday, we had the iconic Illinois Monument in the Vicksburg Military Park (1906, William Le Baron Jenney as the architect – although I think if anyone had ventured to the… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.4
Yesterday was an interior shot of Hawkins Junior High in Hattiesburg. 1951, N.W. Overstreet & Associates as the Principal Architect. The atrium space has a very cool Mushroom Capital column and is a good use of Terrazzo in the floor… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.3
Well, I didn’t fool anyone again yesterday. Yesterday was the Chapel of Memories at Mississippi State. 1966, Dean & Pursell and featuring Flemish Bond in the alter details. ThomFred thought it was a softball and quickly IDed the building. CRPIII… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.2
I pitched a hanging curve yesterday that was knocked out of the park by you savvy MissPresers. Yesterday was the Citizen’s National Bank building in Meridian. 1968, Richard B. Clopton and featuring a Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shell design with it’s roof. … Read More ›
Name This Place: 10.1
And we’re off:
Name This Place 10.0: Architectural Word of the Week Edition
It’s been a little while since we’ve done our little online gameshow Name This Place. Last time, Thomas took home the honor of *Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire* with his knowledge of doors. At the end of the week, we’ll know who… Read More ›
King Cotton Sr. and Jr.
As a way of bidding adieu to the State Fair, which closes this weekend, I bring you two items from fair-like events of the past, both taking the phrase “Cotton is King” literally.
Restoring Picayune’s Disappeared WPA Mural
Mark Davis of the Pearl River Historical Society has posted articles on MissPres before, notably two biographical sketches of architects, P.J. Krouse and Clair M. Jones, and their lasting effect on Pearl River County. He’s back today with a fascinating… Read More ›
William Hollingsworth Architectural Tour
The Mississippi Museum of Art will be holding an architectural tour in Jackson exploring the real-life places that artist William Hollingsworth portrayed: Thursday, October 25, 2012 Jackson Then and Now 4:30 PM cash bar 5:30 PM trolley leaves Museum This… Read More ›
Architects’ Homes: Carl E. Matthes Sr., Biloxi
We’ve featured several architects’ homes here on MissPres, with the most recent being the Jackson residence of Emmett J. Hull. Today’s featured residence might be the first house featured that is neither still standing, nor was built by the architect… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 10-8-2012
Next week is a contest week on Miss Pres – and the only advice I can give is to make sure you’ve brushed up on your Words of the Week. But since we’ll be skipping the round up next week,… Read More ›
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Terrazzo
This week’s word is brought to you by the letter T as defined by William J. Hornung’s Architectural Drafting:
River Road Fish Fry!
In case you missed Walt Grayson’s Look Around segment last weekend about the River Road Historic District, you should head over to WLBT and check it out. You may recall that the River Road in Lawrence County was listed on… Read More ›
Architects’ Homes: Emmett J. Hull, Jackson
Nestled in the middle of Jackson’s Belhaven neighborhood is the home of Emmett J. Hull (1882-1957), an early twentieth-century architect who was part of one big building family: son of Francis B. Hull nephew of W.S. Hull, cousin of Edgar L. Malvaney Oh,… Read More ›
State Fair Time Rolls Around
The annual state fair begins tomorrow in downtown Jackson, continuing a tradition started in 1858, but picked back up in 1903 in the Old Capitol, which had been recently vacated for the New Capitol. Over the next few years, the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 10-1-2012
Not a lot of preservation news around the state in recent weeks – so I have a short roundup to start your October. We’re going to start in Greenville. One of our last roundups had a story about their new… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 