Last Saturday I got out of Jackson, avoiding the maddening Christmas shopping traffic, and headed down southwest to Port Gibson. I usually take Highway 18 through Raymond, Utica, and Carpenter and through the steel truss bridge that spans Bayou Pierre…. Read More ›
Sometimes I sit down to write a post thinking I know what I’m talking about and then as I write and check the facts I thought I knew, I realize that I was completely on the wrong track. For instance,… Read More ›
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 ›
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Charleston, South Carolina, to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Society of Architectural Historians (which group, as you recall, met here in Jackson in 2009). I admit I skipped out on… Read More ›
Happy Halloween! I think the Great Pumpkin brought us treats early, but unfortunately there is one “trick” in the round up this week. First, news out of Natchez where Stanton Hall has had structural engineers examining the building to locate… Read More ›
Jackson’s South Hills Branch Library was the Mississippi subject of the March 1964 issue of Mississippi Architect. Now known as Richard Wright Library, the building is still in use as a library, although the original front entrance is now sadly… Read More ›
I recently bought a couple of postcards showing the interior of St. Michael’s Church in Biloxi, and it reminded me that I had taken a few pictures inside myself a while back when I was down on the Coast. If… Read More ›
Since the early days of MissPres, I’ve noted the often unnecessary demolition of historic schools and the lack of maintenance of those still operating as schools. Off the top of my head, I can name just a few of the… Read More ›
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 ›
A few weeks ago, as you may recall, guest author Mark Davis introduced us to Memphis architect Clair Maurice Jones. Jones not only designed a number of large and regionally famous Modernist works in both Atlanta and Memphis, but also… Read More ›
For the second week in a row, we have a lot of news to share from around the state – so I’m going to get right into it: First, a story we’ve been following out of Columbus for a couple… Read More ›
Now that the weather had turned fine, you might feel the urge to curl up with a book, and two new biographies of architects whose work touched Mississippi have just come out to add to your list. In case you… Read More ›
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 ›
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. 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 ›
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. 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 ›
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
You may recall Mark Davis’ guest posts last month about Meridian architect P.J. Krouse, re-printed from the original publication in the Pearl River County Historical Society newsletter, The Historical Reporter. This month, Mark has outdone himself, introducing us to Clair Maurice Jones, who was… Read More ›
A while back, reader Gary E. Magee commented on an old post about Jackson architect Tom Biggs that one of Bigg’s designs, the chapel at St. Dominic hospital, is slated for demolition in a planned expansion of the adjacent emergency area…. Read More ›
New England’s famous covered bridges took a beating from the inland flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. Read about it in the Burlington Free Press and the New York Times and watch video of one bridge that weathered the storm.
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 ›
A lot of the news this past week focused on the East Coast and Hurricane Irene – which made me (and probably a lot of you as well) remember that the Katrina anniversary was yesterday; hence no post in memory… Read More ›
This week’s Roundup makes me feel like I’m in a bad sequel to a previous summer blockbuster film like Jaws: The Revenge. Okay, so maybe comparing it to one of the worst films ever made exaggerates this week’s news a… Read More ›
Today’s post is the second of a two-part series about the life and work of Meridian architect P.J. Krouse by guest author Mark Clinton Davis, reprinted from July 2011 issue of The Reporter of Pearl River County. If you’d like… Read More ›
The Sun Herald has a positive report on the efforts of the 33rd Avenue High School Alumni Association and MDAH to restore the once segregated Gulfport high school.
Preservation in Mississippi 