Author Archives
Thomas J. Rosell
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Box, Slip, Jib, & Pocket windows
A topic I found very interesting came up recently in the Vernacular Architecture Forum list-serve. The discussion was about a Box Head style window. The Dictionary of Architecture and Construction defines a box-head window as the following: Box Head Window:-… Read More ›
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Happy 164th Birthday to Archt. Theodore C. Link!
Monday March 17th, 2014 was the 164th birthday of Mississippi’s New Capitol architect, Theodore C. Link. The biographical portrait that follows was published when Mr. Link was 56 years old and surprisingly does not mention his work in Mississippi. Theodore… Read More ›
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Mississippi Unbuilt: Alternative appearances for two lost landmarks
I enjoy viewing architectural renderings of buildings. They often show a structure as its designer intended and depict the building at its peak of glory, though often the reality of a situation sets in and prevents that pinnacle design from… Read More ›
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Biloxi’s White House Hotel Reborn
In a story similar to that of the King Edward Hotel in Jackson, after almost thirty years of vacancy a Biloxi landmark will be restored. On February 17 WLOX reported that according to its developers the White House Hotel is… Read More ›
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Architect Pics: Thomas Sully
Not long ago the Tulane University’s Southeastern Architectural Archive blog announced the recent compilation of the finding aid for their collection of documents from the office of Mississippi City born architect Thomas Sully. “The Southeastern Architectural Archive recently finalized the… Read More ›
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Article Round Up from last week’s Architectural Record
In my email inbox I received the weekly email from Architectural Record. I was intrigued with this weeks email because almost all of the articles had a preservation slant. While none of them directly relate to Mississippi, I thought they… Read More ›
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Metal wire lath. All hail Sir Fabric
We had previously discussed the perforated metal lath sheets used for the 1891 construction of the Washington County Courthouse. In that post wire metal lath was mentioned. Of the three common types of metal lath (perforated sheet, expanded, and wire)… Read More ›
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A Lath-ing matter
Malvaney recently brought to my attention some very cool photos of the inner bowels of the Washington County Courthouse that have been made available on the MDAH HRI database. These images show the metal lath that supports the plaster in… Read More ›
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Mausoleum Manufacturer
All along the gulf coast this time of year almost every city hosts a tour of their historic cemetery. Last night was the Old Biloxi Cemetery tour. Don’t worry if you missed it, because I believe this popular, not spooky,… Read More ›
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Tupelo’s Spain House Move from Outer Space
While it happened almost a year ago, you can still see how the Spain House in Tupelo was moved thanks to Google Maps. The satellite image was made by Digital Globe, Inc. some time in late 2012. The Daily Journal… Read More ›
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J. E. Gibson: Attempted bribery stock in trade
Today’s post is picking back up where we last left J.E. Gibson(A grand jury set for Briber Gibson Oct. 2, 2013), the hustling contractor who attempted to subvert the construction bid process for Mississippi New Capitol building in the fall of… Read More ›
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A grand jury set for Briber Gibson
Back in May 2013, MissPres ran two posts (A Hustling Contractor and the Governor of Mississippi May 22, 2013, and Briber Gibson, the Hustling Contractor REVEALED! May 24, 2013) detailing a hustling contractor’s attempt at subverting the construction bid process for the New… Read More ›
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Future Gulfport; forty-eight years ago
I stumbled across this article in The Dixie Guide magazine while searching for other information. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that something like this (although maybe not as large) could have been constructed. Very interesting 2005 was… Read More ›
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Katrina losses still continue
Katrina losses still continue. One more recent loss was the National Register listed Nelson Tenement building in Pascagoula. This individually listed structure sat in its post Katrina state until it came down. You can read the National Register Nomination here.
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Architect Pics: Leon C. Weiss
Leon Charles Weiss was a busy man. In addition to an independent practice, he was a partner in four other firms throughout his life. So busy he had to pose for this photograph while catching up with his correspondence. I… Read More ›
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MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Quoins
Time for another MissPres AWOTW! I gathered up a couple of definitions to help fully define our word this week. Some of our examples photos come from the MDAH HRI database. The Elements of Style by Stephen Calloway and Elizabeth… Read More ›
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A Hustling Contractor and the Governor of Mississippi
Schemes and scams by unscrupulous hucksters are nothing new as we’ll see in today’s post. The American Architect and Buildings News reported about one such hustle that occurred during the 1900 bid opening of the New Capitol. A Hustling Contractor… Read More ›
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How Paul Rudolph gave Vicksburg a Brutal piggyback
The other day I was surfing the Society of Architectural Historians Digital Resources webpage scoping out all the neat links. When checking out the pages I always keep my eagle eye out for Mississippi connections. So I was very excited… Read More ›
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Updating two MissPres Architectural Words of the Week
If you are like me you are always searching for examples of past MissPres Architectural Words of the Week. I recently found two that will hopefully get all y’all’s creative juices flowing for the weekend. The Standard Oil Building in… Read More ›
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Miss Pres Architectural Word of the Week: English Bond
AWOTW is back this week! I had a word request from our very own E.L. Malvaney. Sent along with this image was the following text: “To get the ball rolling again with requests for word of the week, Susasippi’s Hazelhurst… Read More ›
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Presentations from Preservation in Economic Development Conference
While not breaking news, I learned this week that shortly after the April 2012 Power of Preservation in Economic Development Conference, the Mississippi Heritage Trust made available on their website several of the presentations given at that conference in Ocean… Read More ›
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2013 National Trust Planning Grants Available for Main Street Communities
Good planning before a bricks and mortar preservation project will save time and money and usually result in a better quality project. The grants below are for this planning phase. If your town is a Main Street community you might be interested… Read More ›
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Munsell v. The Color Orange
First developed at the turn of the 20th century, Munsell color tools are used for producing physical color standards across a wide range of industries and disciplines to communicate color easily and accurately. Often Preservationist and Conservators use the Munsell Color… Read More ›
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Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
This video is a trailer for the film “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture.” Released in 2010, this interesting film discusses Ocean Springs, Mississippi resident Louis Sullivan’s career and philosophies. Unfortunately, like most scholarly work on Sullivan, it does not… Read More ›
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“Harping” On About Water Meter Covers
With carnival over for another year I’ve bagged up all my beads and recycled them. But I have one throw this year that I’ll be holding on to. On Joe Cain day (is it Joe Cain day if it’s not… Read More ›
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Bay St. Louis Theater Receives Award
You may have heard that the Bay St. Louis Little Theater is one of the recipients of a 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards. The award is in the category of “Arts In Community.” You might remember back during 2010, Malvaney reported… Read More ›
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A new header for MissPres.com’s 4th year
Two weeks ago we quietly celebrated the fourth birthday of MissPres.com with a great article about the early conversations regarding the first restoration the Old Capitol. Discussing the Old Capitol has become an anniversary tradition. Another anniversary tradition has been the introduction of a… Read More ›
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