With 281 votes at the halfway point, there are few surprises in the Vicksburg poll so far, with the Old Courthouse holding a clear lead. After the roller-coaster ride some of these regional polls have taken us on, I’ll take… Read More ›
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101 MissPres Places: Vote in the Vicksburg Poll
July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.0 – And the winner is . . .
The last image yesterday was of the 1917 Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown designed by X.A. Kramer. Martin Seigrist picked up all four points, but they only brought him up to second place. The new Name This Place Contest winner… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.5.2
Martin Seigrist and Susan Allen split the 4 points on this morning’s place – which was J.R. Gordon’s 1903 Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville. One more detail shot to work out and later I’ll crown our winner!
Name This Place 8.5.1
Yesterday afternoon’s photo was of the Tippah County Courthouse in Ripley (correctly IDed by MartinSeigrist) which was designed by N.W. Overstreet (thanks SusanAllen) and built in 1928 (CRPIII). Here’s how the standings look going into this final day of competition… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.4.2
Susan Allen snagged another 4 points for knowing that this morning’s photo was the Simpson County Courthouse in Mendenhall (Andrew Bryan, 1907). This afternoon, I bring you another detail shot:
Name This Place 8.4.1
I let yesterday afternoon’s go long enough with no one getting the site from the interior shot. This stained glass skylight is in the Copiah County Courthouse in Hazlehurst – a 1902 building by my namesake architect James Riely Gordon. … Read More ›
Name This Place 8.3.1
Yesterday’s second post – a detail shot – didn’t fool CRPIII. He correctly IDed it as the Alcorn County Courthouse in Corinth and knew it was a 1918 N.W. Overstreet building. Standings: CRPIII – 6 Theodore – 5 Suzassippi –… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.2.2
Once again, I failed to stump everyone. The 9 am entry today was the Jefferson Davis County Courthouse in Prentiss (W.S. Hull, 1907). Some interesting things happened on the scoring of that one though – Theodore IDed it as a… Read More ›
Name this Place 8.2.1
Yesterday, we started with the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni (Kramer and Lindsley, 1921-22) for the 9 am post and the 1 pm post was the Attala County Courthouse in Kosciousko (correctly IDed by Belinda) built in 1897 (Thomas Rosell)… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.1.2
Theodore nailed this morning’s place – snagging all 4 points for knowing that it was the Humphreys County Courthouse in Belzoni by architects Kramer and Lindsley and built in 1921-22. It being Monday, I thought this morning’s was a “softball”… Read More ›
Name This Place 8.0
While our fearless leader is away, the rest of the MissPres World will play. That’s right, it’s time for the latest edition of Name This Place. In the last edition, W. White and I tied for the honors of *Mississippi… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: East/Central Mississippi Poll Results
The results for the East/Central Mississippi poll are in, and it was down to the wire between the modernist Meridianites and the antebellum Raymondonians to see who would edge the other out. At the halfway point, Chris Risher, Sr.’s Vise… Read More ›
Halfway through the East/Central Mississippi Poll: Modernists Come Out Swinging
With 316 votes in after one week, our latest 101 MissPlaces poll covering East/Central Mississippi has a Modernist skyscraper by Meridian architect Chris Risher, Sr. well out in front with 15% of the votes. Comparing vote totals at the halfway point (a hazardous… Read More ›
101 MissPres Places: East/Central Mississippi Poll
After yet another 7th inning stretch in our polling for the 101 Mississippi Places list, we’re back into it with a chance to vote for your favorite places in the East Mississippi region. To avoid a huge glut in the… Read More ›
Oxford/Holly Springs Poll Results
The Oxford/Holly Springs area poll, our latest poll in the run-up for our 101 Mississippi Places list, ended exactly at midnight on Friday, in a rare display of paying attention on my part. We almost made 1000 votes, which puts… Read More ›
At the end of a long week
I don’t have much to say other than the Oxford/Holly Springs poll ends tonight around midnight, depending on how late I stay up, so if you haven’t voted or if you know someone from Holly Springs who hasn’t voted (judging… Read More ›
Halfway Through the Oxford/Holly Springs Poll
As is traditional at the halfway point of the regional polls for inclusion in our 101 Mississippi Places, we like to take a peek at where things stand. After one week in our poll of the north-central region and with… Read More ›
Vote in the Oxford/Holly Springs Area Poll!
We took a break during April from the polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list, but now that it’s May, it’s time to get back into it. As a reminder of where we’ve been, we’ve… Read More ›
Two Contests, Cash Available!
Let’s take a break from the bad news of late and look at two contests recently announced. First, the National Park Service’s NHL Photo Contest on Flickr–so far no Mississippi NHL has won a place in the top group in… Read More ›
Name This Place 7: Results!
In the final day of last week’s Name This Place contest, martin seigrist was able to correctly identify the Administration Building on the campus of the University of South Mississippi. W. White shared a plethora of information including the building’s… Read More ›
Name This Place 7.5.1
We’ve made it all the way to Friday but the fun isn’t over yet. W. White took a strong lead the first day and has continued to battle it out with JRGordon and martin seigrist for first. But don’t let… Read More ›
Name This Place 7.4.1
Well we are past the half way point this week but with plenty more posts to come it’s any reader’s game! martin seigrist was able to identify the columns of the Lyceum designed by William Nichols on the Ole Miss… Read More ›
