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Thomas J. Rosell

• Name This Place 7.1.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 11, 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  If you’re just joining us, you’ve picked a great time. We’re at the very start of our Name This Place: Capitol Edition contest, wherein MissPres readers battle for the much-coveted title of Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire. At the end of the… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.1: It’s all in the details.

  By Thomas Rosell on April 11, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Mississippi is known for its buildings with big white columns.  Houses,  Churches, Banks, and Courthouses, can be found all across the state employing every order imaginable.  But just how recognizable are these buildings when only looking at the columns?  Well… Read More ›

• Photographer Joseph Molitor’s 1952 Trip to Mississippi

  By Thomas Rosell on March 17, 2011 • ( 22 )

  

  To follow up on yesterday’s post regarding Architectural Photographer Joseph W. Molitor, this week is the 59th anniversary of Joseph Molitor’s first trip to Mississippi and what better way to celebrate than to share the buildings he photographed? According to… Read More ›

• Architectural Photographer Joseph W. Molitor 1907-1996

  By Thomas Rosell on March 16, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  While reading Malvaney’s post regarding the Lyle Cashion Company building, one of the names mentioned in the article rang a bell: “Photos by Joseph W. Moliter.” Even though misspelled “Moliter” in the original article (it was in the original article… Read More ›

• Oxford Film Festival & Pruitt Igoe

  By Thomas Rosell on February 10, 2011 • ( 10 )

  

  The Oxford Film Festival is this weekend!  A lot of the films look great though one that stands out is The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History.

• Biloxi Trolley Line Routes

  By Thomas Rosell on January 25, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Just by luck, only a few weeks after the Jackson Streetcar map appeared on MissPres, the City of Biloxi Public Works Department has created a map that shows the route of old trolley lines.  The idea of the map is… Read More ›

• General Services Administration Historic Building Program

  By Thomas Rosell on December 10, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  The General Services Administration (or GSA) is the agency tasked with being the landlord for the Federal Government.  Established in 1949 they are responsible for construction of new Federal buildings, as well as maintaining many historic Federally owned structures.  The… Read More ›

• Preservapedia

  By Thomas Rosell on November 30, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  No it’s not a website dedicated to the preservation of Encyclopedias or even to the preservation of various wiki web pages.  Preservapedia is “your open encyclopedia for heritage conservation.”  The point being that although the internet is an amazing tool,… Read More ›

• Keesler Field Barracks

  By Thomas Rosell on November 16, 2010 • ( 49 )

  

  Malvaney’s posts showing Camp Shelby back in World War II reminded me of a recent trip to Keesler AFB in Biloxi. When I was on base back in September I was surprised to find that there was a World War… Read More ›

• Concrete Block Structures of Biloxi (Part II)

  By Thomas Rosell on September 21, 2010 • ( 10 )

  

  Last time all the buildings featured one type of block face.  Today the two buildings we will look at feature two or more types of block. By the turn of the 20th century a block machine that could make a different block… Read More ›

• Claude H. Lindsley alive and well… in 1968

  By Thomas Rosell on August 31, 2010 • ( 8 )

  

  In a previous post there had been some discussion of what happened to Claude Lindsley, Jackson architect of the Art Deco Standard Life Building (among many other landmarks), later on in his life.  He moved from Houston, Texas some time in the 1950’s… Read More ›

• Possible New Historic District Near Pass Christian

  By Thomas Rosell on August 24, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  Last week the Department of Archives and History held a public meeting in the Pineville Community just north of Pass Christian to discuss a new historic district along Menge Avenue.  The meeting was held at Oak Crest on Menge Avenue, a 1920 two-story Neoclassical manor that now… Read More ›

• Concrete Block Structures of Biloxi

  By Thomas Rosell on August 19, 2010 • ( 8 )

  

  While concrete block has been around for thousands of years it did not become widely accepted as a quality building material in North America until the turn of the 20th century. This general acceptance came about as the manufacturing process… Read More ›

• The Rebirth of the Old Pascagoula High School

  By Thomas Rosell on July 15, 2010 • ( 7 )

  

  Today I’m happy to announce another new author to the MissPres universe. T.J. Rosell will bring his coastal perspective to bear on the discussion, and has a special interest in the construction trades and materials. Thomas, as he is also… Read More ›