For the Broadwater’s story, see “Pleasure Domes Past” by Tom Barnes.
Month: May 2015
Mississippi Governor’s Mansion, 1874
Recently, I came across an interesting description of the Governor’s Mansion published in a book called Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: Family Letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Ames, in Two Volumes. This is not a source I would have… Read More ›
Builders of Mississippi: Charles M. Rubush (1844-1912)
As in the rest of the country in the late nineteenth century, Mississippi’s construction trades were evolving from one-man operations and small partnerships to large building firms. Two men at the forefront of this development were Meridian’s Charles M. Rubush,… Read More ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Steamboat to Dreamboat
While paging through an old Life magazine, my eye caught the “Mississippi” in this advertisement. Steamboats have been part of the history and culture of the Mississippi River from its Lake Itasca, Minnesota origins to where it empties into the Gulf of… Read More ›
Mississippi Streets: 1930s Camp Shelby
Note: I’m not an expert in dating postcards, so this date is just my best guess. If you have something better, let us know in the comments. See other Mississippi Streets: 1920s Yazoo City 1910s Vicksburg 1950s New Albany… Read More ›
Belhaven Craftsman: N.W. Overstreet House
Noah Webster Overstreet moved back to his native Mississippi from his architectural training in Urbana, Illinois in 1912 at the age of 24 (see Thomas Rosell’s post “Young N.W. Overstreet“). Newly married to an Illinois native, he set up practice in Jackson,… Read More ›
Mississippi Unbuilt: Biloxi Lusting for Lustrons
KEESLER TO SPEND $1,000,000 ON 67 NEW HOUSING UNITS Special to the Times Picayune Biloxi, Miss., May 29– Approximately $1 million will be spent on construction of 67 three-bedroom units at Keesler Air Force Base, it was announced by the… Read More ›
New Deal in Mississippi: Coffeeville School Administration Building
Edgar Lucian Malvaney is identified as the architect for the enlargement of the Coffeeville school administration building in 1938 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory). As part of the school complex, it looks like it was used… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-18-2015
Let’s take a look at what’s going on in Mississippi’s preservation world this mid-May as the magnolias blossom, the humidity begins to drip, and the cicadas fill the air with their love-sick hum. In Tupelo, the Daily Journal reports that the National… Read More ›
Mississippi Streets: 1960s Meridian
Note: I’m not an expert in dating postcards, so this date is just my best guess. If you have something better, let us know in the comments. See other Mississippi Streets: 1920s Yazoo City 1910s Vicksburg 1950s New Albany
MDAH Awards CLG Grants 2015
Per MDAH’s website: Nearly $75K in Preservation Grants Awarded The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded grants totaling more than $74,000 to sixteen preservation projects in Certified Local Government communities across the state. The 2015 CLG grants are… Read More ›
Six Years: Does this mean you hate it, Miss Ada Louise?
As we celebrate the Sixth year of existence for Misspreservation.com we look back on some of our favorite and poignant posts. This post originally debuted in January of 2010, fifty years after the construction of the Bruce Goff-designed Gryder House in Ocean Springs…. Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-11-2015
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a proper news roundup, so we have lots to catch up on (or “on up which to catch”?). A couple of stories and videos in the last few weeks have kept us updated… Read More ›
Magnolia Craftsman
Pike County’s seat of government has a number of interesting 19th-century buildings, and, as Suzassippi has shared here, a 1930s post office with not one but three murals. There’s enough to catch the eye that maybe these two Craftsman bungalows,… Read More ›
Mississippi Architects: Theodore Link’s Obituary
LINK SUCCUMBS TO BRIEF ATTACK AT BATON ROUGE ————– Funeral of Distinguished Architect Will Be Held at St. Louis ————– BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. 12 — Death of Theodore Link, architect for the new Louisiana State University and Greater Agricultural… Read More ›
Time to Nominate Your Preservation Project?
It’s that time of year to prepare nominations for the annual Best of the South award, given by the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians to the best preservation or restoration project in the South. Mississippi has been… Read More ›
Biloxi’s 2015 “Preservation in May” event schedule released
(Biloxi’s) 8th Annual “Preservation in May” Thursdays, May 2015 Various times and locations in Biloxi In observance of May being National Preservation Month, each year the City of Biloxi, Biloxi Bay Chamber, Biloxi Main Street, Biloxi Public School District, USM, and Local… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 