MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
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Vacation Postcards: Sea Isles Hotel Court, Gulfport
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
MissPres News Roundup 5-20-2013
Just a handful of stories from around the state this week: News out of Corinth is the report that an unauthorized demolition in the Historic District was halted because the owner did not have the proper permits to tear down the building. … Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-6-2013
Happy Preservation Month! A couple of our stories relate to events being held this month – some specifically noting that they are for Preservation Month, others that aren’t, but are still in pretty cool historic places. First up is this… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-22-2013
Just because I took a week off from doing a roundup doesn’t mean that the news took a break. Events are still on the calendar – and I hope that in the next round up we get to share a… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-1-2013
No fooling – it’s all good news today! First there was a story about downtown revitalization in Pontotoc. Three property owners have recently invested in downtown buildings – including one couple who even turned an historic gas station into their… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-25-2013
March is flying by – even if we have to deal with some winter-like temps again. Just a handful of stories from this week, but all good news for a chilly morning: Starting in Natchez where good reports on the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-18-2013
If the calendar full of events didn’t tip me off that Spring was just around the corner, the delightful layer of yellow on my car assures it. Before everyone gets out to enjoy the weather and visit our favorite historic… Read More ›
Spring Pilgrimage 2013 Rolls Around
Spring Pilgrimage time is upon us, and here’s a list of all the known Mississippi home tours, along with a few out-of-state that you might be interested in. Old house and architecture buffs should be first in line for pilgrimage tickets each year.
MissPres News Roundup 3-4-2013
February flew by – and now that it’s March, we’ll expect to start seeing news about Spring Pilgrimages and other festivals in historic downtowns popping up around the state. I didn’t see any of these stories this week, but here’s… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-4-2013
Coverage of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras festivities didn’t keep us from finding a handful of preservation related stories this week. We’ll start in Jackson where the Fondren area was in the news as an example of an area… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-28-2013
Can you believe that it’s the last week of January already? Pretty soon, we’ll be talking about Spring Pilgrimages around the state. We’ve had a ton of news since our last round up – so away we go. We’re going… Read More ›
Historic Buildings in Mobile Damaged in Christmas Tornadoes
Several of Mobile, Alabama’s historic buildings were damaged in the tornadoes that swept through in the nasty weather on Christmas Day, including Murphy High School, Springhill Avenue Temple, and Trinity Episcopal Church. Keep up with updates at al.com.
The Buena Vista and a Hyperbolic Parabaloid that should have been
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I was glad to see that the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District in New Jersey made it through relatively unscathed. This got me thinking about some of our lost motels on the Mississippi… Read More ›
Happy 12-12-12 Day
In honor of the one and only 12-12-12 day any of us will ever see (unless we can get that Youth Serum working so we all live to be incredibly old and wise yet fit and trim, making all the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 12-10-2012
After a period of slow news weeks, for the second week in a row we have a lot of news stories to share with MissPres readers. Starting this week in Tupelo with a story that we have been following for… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 12-3-2012
It’s been nearly a month since I’ve done a news roundup – between slow news weeks (preservation wise) and holidays – but I’m back with a long one this time. Starting in Pascagoula where there is news concerning the Brumfield… Read More ›
Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For
100 Men D.B.A. Hall as seen in “Bay St. Louis has a New Blues Trail Marker“
Art and the Soldier, Finis
Third in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II soldier art from Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.
Keesler at Dusk: More from Art and the Soldier
Second in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II soldier art from the book Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.
Veterans Day 2012
First in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II murals at Keesler Field shown in the book Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.
MissPres News Roundup 10-22-2012
Now that our latest Name This Place is done, it’s back to our regular routine around MissPres – which means our Monday morning news round up. Here’s what’s been going on since our last one: First, news out of Natchez… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 10-8-2012
Next week is a contest week on Miss Pres – and the only advice I can give is to make sure you’ve brushed up on your Words of the Week. But since we’ll be skipping the round up next week,… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 9-10-2012
With Isaac cleared out and the nicer temperatures settled in, I’d say it’s the perfect time to venture around the state to see some cool old places. Speaking of Isaac – judging from the lack of news, I’d say our… Read More ›
Mississippi Architect, September 1964: Moss Point Municipal Building
The new Moss Point Municipal Building, designed by H.F. Fountain of Biloxi was the subject of the September 1964 issue of Mississippi Architect magazine. Unfortunately, this building’s life was cut short by Hurricane Katrina, as I believe it flooded like… Read More ›
More Reports from the Isaac Front
More reports trickle in from the around the state as Isaac has finally trundled off, except for a couple of feeder bands that soaked me late Thursday night as I tried to walk my dog. Thomas Rosell sent in a… Read More ›
Early Reports Are Good from Biloxi
After the longest, determinedest tropical storm/hurricane most of us have ever endured, we’re finally starting to calm down a bit from Isaac here in Mississippi. Thomas Rosell reports from Biloxi that he lost electricity around 3 this morning but is… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 