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In addition to ruling over the MissPres universe with an iron fist, Malvaney enjoys reading, wandering around old buildings, stopping to smell the magnolias, fiddling with databases, and sitting on the porch with a good book and a big ol' dog. Non-interests include but are not limited to tweeting, texting, Instagramming, planking, Candy Crush, Donald Trump, and unecessarily destructive home renovation shows.
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Architect Pics: Reuben Harrison Hunt of Chattanooga
While I was in Chattanooga last week, I decided to see if I could find the gravestone of Chattanooga architect R.H. Hunt, who designed a wealth of landmarks around Mississippi and throughout the Southeast from the 1890s through the early… Read More ›
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MissPres News Roundup 10-18-2010
I got back from my trip to Chattanooga yesterday (my “vacation” last week was a working one, just in case you think I’ve gotten too soft with two vacations in three months) and have to admit I wasn’t really looking… Read More ›
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Vacation Postcards: Albert Pick Motel, Natchez
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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Vacation Postcards: Gilmer Motor Inn, Columbus
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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Vacation Postcards: Holiday Inn, Jackson
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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Vacation Postcards: Town House Motor Hotel, Laurel
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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Vacation Postcards: Cotton Boll Court, Clarksdale
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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How many bricks were in Forest High School?
I just finished a fascinating article in the Atlantic that I hope you’ll find time to read this weekend. It’s called “Autism’s First Child” and it’s about the first recognized case of autism ever, Donald Gray Triplett, a man born… Read More ›
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Three Round Banks
When I was in Meridian looking at the old Sears building last week, I discovered for the first time (although I’ve driven past them numerous times) two mid-century banks in the same area. They reminded me of a former bank… Read More ›
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Two Fire Updates
As you may recall from a News Roundup in June, the Gothic Revival-style Capitol Street Church of Christ suffered a fire that apparently started from a lightning strike. At the time, the Clarion-Ledger article mentioned that the primary damage was… Read More ›
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High Cotton in the Delta
I was up in the Delta in mid-September and was surprised, although in retrospect I shouldn’t have been, to see that the cotton harvest was well underway. After reading up about it, I realized that the extremely early, long and… Read More ›
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MissPres News Roundup 10-3-2010
I think it’s evidence of a long hot summer when 62 degrees feels like winter, but that’s where I am right now. On to the news . . . ——————————— It seems the on-going maintenance and renovation of the New… Read More ›
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Even More Reasons to Get Up and Go
As often happens, I either missed certain upcoming events or they were announced after my recent “Fall Happenings” post. Don’t forget that the various Fall pilgrimages begin today. Also, there’s a historic landscapes conference at MSU on October 20, and… Read More ›
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Mississippi Architect, July 1963: Architect’s Office
Ok, if you hate Modernism, or if you love Craftsman bungalows, or if your name is W. White, you might just want to stop reading right now. Today’s post, a reprint of the feature article in the July 1963 issue… Read More ›
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Mississippi Architect, July 1963
Today we move into the July 1963 issue in the Mississippi Architect series, reprinted courtesy of the Mississippi Chapter of the AIA. If you’ve missed the previous entries, just click the MSArcht tab above to see the tables of contents… Read More ›
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Lost Mansions of Mississippi, The Sequel
I had heard that Mary Carol Miller was writing a sequel to her helpful yet heartbreaking Lost Mansions of Mississippi, but from what I could tell, it wasn’t coming out in stores until October. But as proof that the early… Read More ›
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MissPres News Roundup 9-27-2010
Well, Fall has possibly arrived for good in Mississippi, as of yesterday, but I for one am not getting my hopes up. I got .11 inches of rain at my house–maybe y’all got more. What’s been going on round these… Read More ›
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Friday Just for Fun
Now that I’ve been mentally freed (thanks, W!) to post the News Roundups on Mondays, I can leave Friday for something light and fun if I want to, and this week, we ask a light and fun question of terminology…. Read More ›
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Abandoned Mississippi: Kuhn Memorial State Hospital, Vicksburg
Tucked away on the Jackson Road (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) between downtown Vicksburg and the Vicksburg National Military Park stands a huge abandoned hulk that today emanates despair but was for over a century a place of hope… Read More ›
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Architect Pics: William Nichols (1780-1853)
Well ok, this isn’t a traditional architect picture post. In fact, I don’t know that a picture exists of our own esteemed William Nichols–I don’t have Ford Peatross’ William Nichols’ Architect handy in front of me. Nichols was one of… Read More ›
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MissPres News Roundup 9-20-2010
Could the horrible summer weather we’ve been having be a punishment of some kind, maybe for the demolition of the Central Delta Academy, or since it started before that, the project at the Naval Reserve Center? Or am I reading… Read More ›
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Round the Blogosphere 9-17-2010
Since we had a News Roundup on Monday, courtesy of W. White, today we’ll take a look around the blogosphere and news from the wider world. One of my favorite blog series to come along in a while is Marty… Read More ›
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Carnegie Building at MS Industrial College
Several posts in the last few months have focused on the terrible shape and continuing decline of the incredible little campus of the Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs. Hopefully, we’ll be hearing more about the true condition of the… Read More ›
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Jackson’s Fondren Neighborhood: Historic and Hip
Pretty much everywhere I go lately, someone asks me, “Have you read The Help?” “No,” I reply, “I’m waiting for the movie.” Not only will seeing the movie save me time, it will also showcase my neighborhood, the hippest, coolest… Read More ›
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Fall Happenings
Admittedly it doesn’t seem very much like fall yet, except for a few coolish evenings, but it is time to start planning ahead for courses to help grow in your knowledge of Mississippi architecture (and maybe help you win your… Read More ›
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A New Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire
W. White took the lead from the first day’s Name This Place competition this week and only widened it each day to earn his first win and the right to wear the crown Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire. Congratulations, W! I know… Read More ›
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Name This Place 6.5.3
And last but not least, to put Name This Place 6 to bed:
Preservation in Mississippi 