MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Hotels
Vacation Postcards: Gilhara Motor Hotel, Greenville
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Blue Gables Tourist Court, Hattiesburg
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Lakeview Motel, Brandon
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: No-el Motel, Corinth
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Hotel Alcazar, Clarksdale
This is the New Hotel Alcazar, built 1914-15, in the Colonial Revival/Classical Revival style, another loser in the 101 Places contest. The original Alcazar was built in 1895 on an adjoining lot. The New Alcazar was intended to expand the… Read More ›
Cleveland’s Grover Hotel Goes Condo
Visitors to downtown Cleveland in the past decade or so might have noticed the small town’s lone “skyscraper,” the old five-story Grover Hotel, standing vacant. The Grover and its minimal Mission style has been a fixture in Cleveland’s skyline since… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-17-2012
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 ›
The Possibilities Abound…The Robert E. Lee Hotel in Jackson
With all of the hype and hoopla over the summertime smash hit the Help, the many references to the old Robert E. Lee Hotel might set people to wondering about the place. Visitors to downtown Jackson might be forgiven for the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-3-2012
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 ›
MissPres News Roundup 11-21-2011
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 10-17-2011
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 ›
Turning On the Lights…Woodville’s Town Square Comes To Life With the Woodville Lofts
When New Orleans attorney James G. Derbes and his wife Jan Katz first saw the listing for the building in the newspaper they knew that they had to have the property. A short while later in April 2006, Ernesto Caldeira… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: King’s Rest Modern Court, Greenville
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Grenada Tourist Court
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. Feb. 23, 1943. Dear Mother, Here’s a picture of our cabin camp. It really is quite nice. Air-conditioned too. How are you now? Hope you’re much… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Nelva Courts, Meridian
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Hill’s Motel, Picayune
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. Dec. 23, 1950. “Thurs. Stayed here Tues. night and got to New Orleans yesterday. Rained hard all afternoon and today. Drove miles all over this town…. Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Great Southern Hotel
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
“Because for instance the Meridian Hotel is much older, we feel it’s best to tear it down”
Back in June’s “Rumblings and Bumblings from Meridian” I noted some rumors about the possible demolition of downtown Meridian’s Meridian Hotel, built in 1910 as one of the first “skyscrapers” in Meridian, and an anchor of the downtown historic district… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 8-8-2011
Summer has really heated up in the Magnolia State, and we have a few really hot stories in the news this week. A quick reminder before we dive into the news, don’t forget that the Vicksburg Poll closes on Friday…. Read More ›
Rumblings and Bumblings from Meridian
I can’t find anything about this on the Meridian Star site (I don’t think they put all their articles online though), but I’ve heard from a couple of sources that after what appears to me to be a study with… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Marshall Motel, West Point
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. “Got here about 10:00 p.m. Left Pensacola at 2:00 p.m. Colder here. Love, Margarette”
Vacation Postcards: Miramar Hotel, Pass Christian
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Motel Dixiana, Vicksburg
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Lost Mississippi: Jacksonian Highway Hotel/Lefleurs Restaurant
The Jacksonian Highway Hotel was built at 4800 Highway 51 North (later Interstate 55 North), in an area only just beginning to blossom with commercial development. Construction was begun in April 1955. George Wilkinson and his partners at Crestline Development (later known as the Athens Investment Company) set out to build something more than just another motel.
Before and After: Motel Jo-Anna, Vicksburg
Back a few weeks ago, the Urban Decay blog ran a post about the Johanna Motel in Vicksburg, which when kodachromeguy photographed it in 2004 had seen better days. The building was torn down only a few years later, so… Read More ›
Builder Pics: M.T. Lewman & Co.
I supposed most of you have never heard of M.T. Lewman or his son H.L, or their building company, M.T. Lewman & Co. but if you’ve traveled around Mississippi or most any other Southern state, or looked at old postcards… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 