The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded grants totaling more than $78,000 to nine preservation projects in Certified Local Government (CLG) communities across the state.
Month: April 2019
HABS in Mississippi: Burrus House, Benoit
The once-grand mansion was in a precarious condition in 1936 when our old friend James Butters took two photos of the building for the Historic American Building Survey, one from the front and one from the back, which was already missing its original double gallery.
Mid-Century Mississippi: Hutto’s Home and Garden Center
Y’all know that I’m a sucker for folded-plate roofs, so you may not be surprised that I found my favorite lawn and garden center, Hutto’s on Ellis Avenue in Jackson, when I was out taking pictures of interesting buildings on… Read More ›
Changes at MDAH Historic Sites
According to the MDAH website, the Old Capitol will be closed for roof repairs. While the work will last at least eight months, the closure is expected to only go through the end of May and has to do with… Read More ›
Where’s the Fire?
I sat down to write today’s post with the intention of telling the story of the 1890 fire at Windsor, which someone mentioned in the comment’s to yesterday’s post. But my newspapers.com addiction got the better of me after I… Read More ›
Fire *shudder*
This wouldn’t be a preservation blog worth the name if we failed to mention the devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. As you’ve probably read, the church was under repair, and scaffolding had been erected… Read More ›
Carson’s former Art Deco gymnasium-auditorium
Thanks to W. White’s meticulous work, many of us were fortunate to get a glimpse of the Art Deco gymnasium-auditorium in the rural community of Carson, featured recently in the Name This Place XIII: Google Street View Edition, only to… Read More ›
Name This Place XIII Results: A New Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire!
Friday was the last day of Name This Place XIII. At the start of the day, Suzassippi was leading the way with 16 points while Carunzel, Belinda2015/Belinda Stewart, and southside preservationist were within striking distance at 12, 11, and 10… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.5.4
This is the final post of the competition. You have until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to be eligible to receive points for answers about today’s four posts. At that time, the results will be posted and the Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.5.3
Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.5.2
For the second time today, Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.5.1
I thought yesterday’s first post was a good candidate to stump everyone, but SWeger identified and provided architectural information about Grenada’s Moore-Powell-Whitaker House for two points with southside preservationist and Belinda2015/Belinda Stewart getting single points. The second post of the… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.4.4
The final post of this contest’s penultimate day. Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.4.3
Please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.4.2
Our second historic Mississippi building of the day, so can you Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.4.1
The Lindamood Building at the Palmer Home for Children in Columbus was yesterday’s first post which southside preservationist got two points for, as southside preservationist was the first person to name the building and city; Suzassippi, Carunzel, Mattie Abraham, and… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.3.4
For the fourth time today, Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.3.3
Please read The Rules of the contest and use these two images to Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.3.2
Two photos have been provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.3.1
In the first post of yesterday, Suzassippi increased her lead by two points for recognizing and providing some architectural history of the Old Merchants and Farmers Bank in downtown Meridian; though various other facts about the history could have been… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.2.4
Our final place for the day with two photos provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.2.3
Please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.2.2
Two photos have been provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:
Name This Place 13.2.1
A note before we get started with today’s parts of the contest. Please read The Rules of the contest and remember to leave your answers in the comment section on Preservation in Mississippi, not on Facebook or Twitter; answers left… Read More ›
Name This Place 13.1.4
Our final place for today with two photos to aid in the naming.
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