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I’m a native Texan, although I received my undergraduate degree here in Mississippi. After completing my graduate degree in my home state, I was happy to return to Mississippi to work in Historic Preservation. Mostly I’ll keep tabs on preservation news around the state, but I’ll weigh in with other ideas and posts from time to time as well.

• MissPres News Roundup 4-9-2012

  By JRGordon on April 9, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  A lot of news from this past week to share before we kick off the latest round of “Name This Place”: Gulfport Library is back in the news this week (for those not up on this issue, see the “Backstory”… Read More ›

• Preservation-ish Features at the Crossroads Film Festival

  By JRGordon on April 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  MissPres readers in (or will be in) the Jackson area April 13 – 15 might want to check out the Crossroads Film Festival – which will be at the Malco Theater in Madison. This year, our friends at Mississippi Heritage… Read More ›

• MissPres News Round-up 4-2-2012

  By JRGordon on April 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

  No fooling – it’s April already.  Don’t forget the Statewide Conference at the end of the month. And now, the news. I’m going to start this week with bad news out of Smithville.  The story from this community is “that… Read More ›

• National Preservation Economist to speak at Statewide Conference

  By JRGordon on March 27, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  One big news story I did not include in yesterday’s roundup was that our friends at Mississippi Heritage Trust have announced that registration is now open for the Statewide Preservation Conference.  The conference will be held April 26 – 27… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-26-2012

  By JRGordon on March 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Got some troubling news in this week’s round up – so I’m trying to balance it with the joy of being able to type it up while sitting outside enjoying the wonderful Spring weather (thank goodness for laptops and wireless… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-19-2012

  By JRGordon on March 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Google tells me that the first day of Spring is tomorrow – but judging by the layer of pollen on my car, I’d say it started weeks ago.  Hope everyone is getting out and taking advantage of the warm (but… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2012

  By JRGordon on March 5, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  Wow!  I can’t believe it’s March already.  Lots of Spring events on the calendar to take advantage of, so be sure to check it out.  Now for the news: The biggest story I saw this week was from Natchez, where… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-27-2012

  By JRGordon on February 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  March is almost upon us – and the MissPres calendar has all the events that are “Springing” up around the state.  One to add to the calendar is the Loose Caboose Festival in Newton – which is this Saturday. And… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-13-2012

  By JRGordon on February 13, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Happy Monday!  Here’s the latest preservation news from around the state: We’ll start on the Coast where 33rd Avenue School in Gulfport is back in the news.  If you remember from a couple of posts last summer (here and here),… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-6-2012

  By JRGordon on February 6, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  We have a short-ish round up this week – meaning that you will still have plenty of time to search for the most popular commercials from this year’s Super Bowl. Our first story this week is in regards to the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-30-2012

  By JRGordon on January 30, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  After last week, I thought I might have to change my name and hide for a while with all the bad news to report, but found this week to be better, so I decided it was safe to do the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-23-2012

  By JRGordon on January 23, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  Disclaimer: I just roundup the news stories, so don’t shoot the messenger . . . Might as well start with the worst of it . . . the crazy weather lately has causes major damage to the Corinth Machinery Building. … Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-17-2012

  By JRGordon on January 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Wow! We’re already into the 3rd week of January.  I know our friends at MDAH are busy this week – National Register Nominations will be considered at their Review Board meeting on Thursday and their Board of Trustees meets Friday… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-3-2012

  By JRGordon on January 3, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  Happy New Year MissPres! I was on vacation for the holidays – but preservation in the news kept going (and thanks to Malvaney and Theodore who helped make sure I didn’t miss these stories while I was gone).  Unfortunately, the… Read More ›

• A Few of JRGordon’s Favorite Things

  By JRGordon on December 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Before taking us through the annual “Year in Review” posts, Malvaney asked some of us regular contributors about our favorite posts of the year. One of my favorites was the Friday Malvaney did the “Where Have All The Buzzards Gone?”… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-12-2011

  By JRGordon on December 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  This may surprise everyone, but today’s Roundup is the final one for 2011 because of the end of year posts we have planned the next two weeks.  A lot of the news I saw this week were local press releases… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-5-2011

  By JRGordon on December 5, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Wow.  I can’t believe it’s December already.  Besides the year winding down, so is our 101 Places Poll with the Jackson area voting. Now to the news. First, sad news out of Lee County where Tupelo banker Marty Ramage passed… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-21-2011

  By JRGordon on November 21, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Since I can’t resist the joke – this week’s Roundup is stuffed with tidbits from around the state . . . Now that the joke’s out of my system, let’s get to the actual news. First, wonderful news from the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-7-11

  By JRGordon on November 7, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Tomorrow’s election day – so go vote.  While you’re at it, remember to vote in the latest 101 Places Poll. Now on to preservation news: First, found a story about an historic marker unveiling in Winona honoring the first American… Read More ›

• MDAH Introduces New Database of Historic Resources in State

  By JRGordon on November 1, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  Every now and then, MissPres will come across a news story that needs its own post instead of getting folded into the regular roundup.  While working on yesterday’s, I came across such an announcement on the MDAH Website.  Below is… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-31-2011

  By JRGordon on October 31, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Happy Halloween! I think the Great Pumpkin brought us treats early, but unfortunately there is one “trick” in the round up this week. First, news out of Natchez where Stanton Hall has had structural engineers examining the building to locate… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-17-2011

  By JRGordon on October 17, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  Compared to the last couple of Mondays, this week’s roundup feels pretty short.  So after you’ve caught up on the news, go check out the voting on the Delta Poll for our 101 Places list. We’re going to start in… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-10-2011

  By JRGordon on October 10, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  For the second week in a row, we have a lot of news to share from around the state – so I’m going to get right into it: First, a story we’ve been following out of Columbus for a couple… Read More ›

• Post Office Reuse Idea

  By JRGordon on October 7, 2011 • ( 3 )

  Ran across this slide show story about an old post office that a woman turned into her house.  It’s not in Mississippi, but I thought it was a good example of how creative people can be with historic buildings.

• MissPres Newsroundup 10-3-2011

  By JRGordon on October 3, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  MissPres may have been off last week (and showing some fun vacation post cards), but the news didn’t stop.  In fact, with the cooler weather, I think preservation related news and events are just starting to heat up. October is… Read More ›

• Mini News Roundup 9-19-2011

  By JRGordon on September 19, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Not a lot of news this week – but Roundup will be taking next week off and I didn’t want to hold these for that long. NBC station WTVA reported that the Cates-Gaither Home in Fulton – commonly known as… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 9-13-2011

  By JRGordon on September 13, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  The nicer temps last week made me yearn for Fall – and I hope the weather is nice for all of us to plan trips to Fall Pilgrimages that are on the calendar and/or to see places likely to end… Read More ›