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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.

• MissPres News Roundup 11-6-2009

  By ELMalvaney on November 6, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  Well, there’s a thick stack of papers piled up waiting for me to get around to a news roundup post after two weeks of skipping it. So without further ado, here goes: To me, the most exciting article of the last… Read More ›

• Who are these people and why are they staring at me??

  By ELMalvaney on November 5, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  Last week when SESAH was meeting in the War Memorial auditorium, a lady asked me if I knew who the faces were that formed the capitals of the four columns in front. I had to admit that in fact I… Read More ›

• SESAH’s Bus Tour: Beyond Greek Revival

  By ELMalvaney on November 4, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  Ok, I promised to post a few pictures from SESAH’s Saturday bus tour of Jackson, called “Beyond Greek Revival.” The weather did a wonderful about-face overnight from the rainy dreariness of Friday to a brilliant sunshiny Saturday, and it was… Read More ›

• Notes on SESAH’s Keynote

  By ELMalvaney on November 3, 2009 • ( 24 )

  

  Friday evening’s SESAH keynote lecture was co-hosted by MSU’s College of Architecture, Art + Design (CAAD), and I was glad to see a number of local architects in the crowd, along with a few young people who I presume were students… Read More ›

• Notes from SESAH

  By ELMalvaney on November 2, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  Well, the SESAH conference is over as of Saturday’s bus tour of Jackson’s historic sites. I’m sure all of you were able to attend and listen to interesting papers and the thoughtful keynote lecture. If you weren’t though, rest assured… Read More ›

• R.I.P. old First Baptist, Natchez

  By ELMalvaney on October 30, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Well, this week has gotten away from me, even with Tom doing most of the blogging, so I don’t have time for a full news roundup. But I wanted to make sure to recognize the passing of a building that I… Read More ›

• SESAH coming to Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on October 26, 2009 • ( 1 )

  If you’ve never heard of SESAH, it’s pronounced “see-saw” just like it looks. It’s short for the much-longer name: Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. As I’ve mentioned before, the group is meeting here in Jackson this year,… Read More ›

• The New MS Preservationist Extraordinaire: Carunzel

  By ELMalvaney on October 24, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  In case you lost track yesterday during the final flurry of this week’s Name That Place, Carunzel won the title Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire by grabbing the bonus point early Friday morning and another point in the final round. Congratulations Carunzel!… Read More ›

• Name That Place 3.5

  By ELMalvaney on October 23, 2009 • ( 8 )

  

  My goal in the Name That Place contest is always to stump everyone completely, but as usual I have failed this week to stump our expert architecture lovers out there. Congratulations for making me a failure and contributing to my… Read More ›

• Name That Place 3.45

  By ELMalvaney on October 23, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  Here’s an opportunity for a bonus point for whoever can name this building and its location. No extra points for those who come in afterward. I offer this bonus purely out of the goodness that overflows my kind heart.

• Name That Place 3.4

  By ELMalvaney on October 22, 2009 • ( 13 )

  

  Well, I’ve had one hard one and two too-easy Mississippi places this week. Let’s see if I can stump everyone today, at least for an hour or two. If you’re getting into the contest late, no worries, check out the… Read More ›

• Name That Place 3.3

  By ELMalvaney on October 21, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  Alright, yesterday’s place was easier than I thought, and we’re still left with a four-way tie. Today, we’ll see who’s been paying special attention to MissPres lately. Possibly this one is too easy. The current standings are: doakley: 2 point Theodore: 2… Read More ›

• Name That Place 3.2

  By ELMalvaney on October 20, 2009 • ( 10 )

  

  Ok, after yesterday’s snafu, I’ve tossed and turned all night trying to decide what to do about points, and after consulting with my dog, I’ve finally decided to just give both doakley and Theodore a point. HOWEVER, from now on,… Read More ›

• Name That Place 3.1

  By ELMalvaney on October 19, 2009 • ( 15 )

  

  Here’s the first place in this week’s Name That Place contest. Remember to include the name of the town or community when you answer.

• On Your Mark . . . Get Set!

  By ELMalvaney on October 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  For those of you who weren’t around these parts back in June or July for the first two Name That Place contests, let me tell you, a more exciting contest has never been devised in the history of the world!… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-16-2009

  By ELMalvaney on October 16, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  After this week of almost constant rain, I suggest we pass a law allowing the whole country to stay home during such weeks. The rain is pleasant if you can stay home and lounge about, but tiresome when you have to… Read More ›

• Modern Banking in Downtown Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on October 15, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  I found this to-die-for postcard showing Jackson’s Trustmark Bank (formerly First National Bank) building a few weeks ago and was surprised to win it on eBay. Opened in 1956, the building was designed by two Jackson architectural firms, James T. Canizaro and Overstreet, Ware & Ware… Read More ›

• Ways to Consume the National Trust Conference

  By ELMalvaney on October 13, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  I admit, it’s taken me a while to catch on to the new lingo in which “consume” does not have anything to do with eating, but you have to agree it’s a catchy blog post title. Anyway, as most of… Read More ›

• Acona Church and School, Holmes County

  By ELMalvaney on October 12, 2009 • ( 12 )

  

  I saw so much last Saturday when I went up to the Carrollton Pilgrimage, I’m still sorting through all the pictures I took. Whenever I drive up to Carrollton, I like to swing off of I-55 and hit Hwy 17… Read More ›

• SAH Civil Rights Tour on Twitter

  By ELMalvaney on October 10, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  As I’m sure you all recall, the Society of Architectural Historians is conducting a tour of Civil Rights and Civil Rights Memorial sites in Georgia and Alabama this week starting yesterday. For those of you who are interested and who… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-9-2009

  By ELMalvaney on October 9, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Another Friday, another news roundup. Last week I observed that fall was in the air. As of today, I temporarily retract that statement. The first newsy item I should mention is that we have another new contributor to our little… Read More ›

• Asia Missionary Baptist Church, Lexington

  By ELMalvaney on October 8, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  A while back I did a post on some of the excessively cool historic churches in Lexington and I bemoaned my stupidity and laziness in not taking a picture of one of my favorite churches in town, Asia Missionary Baptist… Read More ›

• Speaking of Churches

  By ELMalvaney on October 7, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  While I was writing yesterday’s post on Carrollton’s churches, I came across a review of a book about Mississippi churches that I keep close at hand as a reference, Historic Churches of Mississippi. Published by University Press of Mississippi in… Read More ›

• A Pilgrimage to Carrollton’s Churches

  By ELMalvaney on October 6, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  Strangely enough, while James Clark Harris did alot of design and construction work in Carrollton, it doesn’t appear that he was the architect or builder for any of the historic churches in town. He did design the Teoc Presbyterian Church,… Read More ›

• Carrollton Pilgrimage Report

  By ELMalvaney on October 5, 2009 • ( 11 )

  

  After letting its pilgrimage lie fallow for a decade or two, Carrollton decided it was time to open back up last weekend and see who came. I was one of probably 500 or so visitors trying to find a place… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-2-2009

  By ELMalvaney on October 2, 2009 • ( 6 )

  

  Fall is in the air, and today’s News Roundup Theme Song is “Time to Say Goodbye.” I didn’t find much actual newspaper news this week, so our roundup will be a little more prosey. There was a nice pro-preservation article… Read More ›

• Bynum School: The Last One-Classroom Rosenwald in MS?

  By ELMalvaney on October 1, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  Whenever I go up toward Oxford, I like to check in on the Bynum School off the beaten track in Panola County. I’ve been around to lots of places that used to have Rosenwald schools, and as far as I… Read More ›