After yesterday’s two contest posts, of the Old Country Store at Lorman and the Union Hotel in Meridian, we have the following standings: Victoria Moon Conway: 3 Jack Elliott: 2 Suzassippi: 1 Tom Barnes: 1 Still plenty of game to… Read More ›
Contest
Name This Place 11.1.2
Read The Rules, and be the first to Name This Place.
Name This Place XI: Signs
It’s been so long since our last Name This Place contest that I’ve had to re-read some of the earlier contests to remind myself of how it works. For those of you who are new around these parts, Name This Places contests… Read More ›
Jacksonians: Where is this Apartment Building?
Jacksonians: Where is this Apartment building? From the 1937 Guide to Better Homes, prepared by American Builder and Building Age. INCOME PRODUCER J. Peyton McKay Apartments Jackson, Miss. FOUR 3-room apartment of modern layout and high efficiency are built into this… Read More ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Canted Corner Entrances
I adore corner entrances, aka canted, beveled, angled. Something about them does, always has, always will, appeal to me. Quick, pop quiz: Where are the two entrances featured above? It’s nearing the end of the year, so here is a… Read More ›
Friday Puzzler: Auburn Stair
Today’s puzzler comes from a black and white HABS photo of Auburn’s famous circular stair in Natchez. It’s a little more difficult than some of our previous puzzles, but by now, I’m sure you’re all pros. There are 63 pieces,… Read More ›
Friday Puzzler: Chapel of the Cross
Friday and Saturday puzzles were such a hit earlier in the year, I’m not sure why I forgot to do any since January. If you’ve never done one, fair warning, they’re pretty addictive. This first one, with 42 pieces is… Read More ›
Friday Puzzler
It’s been a while since we did a puzzle, and this Friday just seemed like a good time. If you missed the first one, it will be a good warm-up for you–it’s easier than today’s selection, which is the Medgar… Read More ›
How Many Can You Identify?
Before skyscrapers like Vicksburg’s First National Bank and before airplanes, I guess the tallest vantage point to take a picture in Vicksburg was from the Post Office, as seen in the postcard view below. Here’s a little mid-summer pop quiz. First,… Read More ›
Why? Because It’s Saturday!
Put Porterfield back together again, and you don’t even have to clear off the dining room table to do it! Online jigsaw puzzles from JigsawSite.com
NHL Photo Contest 2013
It’s that time of year for the annual National Historic Landmark Contest! If you’re going to a Pilgrimage, or if you’re just hanging around Jackson, you have the chance to take a winning shot of an NHL. So far, we… Read More ›
Friday Fun: Concrete Block Bingo Sheet
The attached sheet is page 415 from Nelson Burbank and Herbert Pfister’s 1968 House Construction Details. When I came across this page I wondered to myself if any of these decorative patterns or blocks had ever actually been used. Almost… Read More ›
Name This Place 10 – The Results
Oops – I meant to post the results Friday night – but the evening and then the weekend got away from me. Friday’s Name This Place photo was a great source of our Word of the Week Terms. It was… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.5
It’s the last day of our latest Name This Place! Yesterday, we had the iconic Illinois Monument in the Vicksburg Military Park (1906, William Le Baron Jenney as the architect – although I think if anyone had ventured to the… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.4
Yesterday was an interior shot of Hawkins Junior High in Hattiesburg. 1951, N.W. Overstreet & Associates as the Principal Architect. The atrium space has a very cool Mushroom Capital column and is a good use of Terrazzo in the floor… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.3
Well, I didn’t fool anyone again yesterday. Yesterday was the Chapel of Memories at Mississippi State. 1966, Dean & Pursell and featuring Flemish Bond in the alter details. ThomFred thought it was a softball and quickly IDed the building. CRPIII… Read More ›
Name This Place 10.2
I pitched a hanging curve yesterday that was knocked out of the park by you savvy MissPresers. Yesterday was the Citizen’s National Bank building in Meridian. 1968, Richard B. Clopton and featuring a Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shell design with it’s roof. … Read More ›
Name This Place: 10.1
And we’re off:
Name This Place 10.0: Architectural Word of the Week Edition
It’s been a little while since we’ve done our little online gameshow Name This Place. Last time, Thomas took home the honor of *Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire* with his knowledge of doors. At the end of the week, we’ll know who… Read More ›
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Quatrefoil
Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week. As we move right along through the alphabet, you can check out our past words here. This week’s word is a Gothic and Renaissance (both original and revival) architecture staple, but… Read More ›
A Little Contest: Like a Ton of (Concrete) Bricks
So this morning we had a mini contest about a material that is on the primary facade of a building on 28th Avenue in downtown Gulfport. All the answers were pretty spot on but the answer that contained all the… Read More ›
A Little Contest
A while back at Preservation In Pink Kaitlin had a little quiz to identify a specific material, which turned out to be plaster scored to give the appearance of ceramic tile. I thought that it would be fun to have… Read More ›
Wanted: Mississippi NHL Photos
The National Park Service has announced its annual National Historic Landmark photography contest on Flickr for 2012. For all you shutterbugs out there in MissPres territory, it’s a great time of year to get out and capture the essence of… Read More ›
New Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire!
I fully intended to pronounce the winner of last week’s Name This Place Contest: The Doors edition on Friday evening while it was fresh on everyone’s mind. But first the siren song of crystal clear Spring weather called me outside… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 