Several years ago Malvaney asked us the question what happened to the street car system that were so prevalent in towns large and small across Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century. These lines not only brought transportation but… Read More ›
Lost Mississippi
Happy 158th Birthday to Louis Sullivan
Father of Modern Architecture and part time Mississippian Louis Sullivan would have celebrated his 158th birthday this week. To honor his birth here is an excerpt from his autobiography which is entitled Autobiography of an Idea. In this excerpt Sullivan discusses… Read More ›
Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Bay St. Louis & Waveland
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›
Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Long Beach & Pass Christian
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›
Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Biloxi & Gulfport
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›
Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Sullivan Charnley Historic District
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›
Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Pascagoula & Ocean Springs
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the months… Read More ›
Architectural Siblings? Hotels Tupelo and Pinehurst
I recently was perusing the Boston Public Library’s Tichnor Brothers Collection. This collection contains approximately 25,000 office proofs of postcards of the United States published by the Boston firm Tichnor Brothers Inc. These are touristy color postcards dated circa 1930-1945. There are… Read More ›
Remembering Hurricane Camille
Originally posted on Preservation in Mississippi:
Tower of the Church of the Redeemer, Biloxi, after Hurricane Camille From the Biloxi Daily Herald, “Landmarks Lost During Camille,” by Emily Germanis, August 16, 1970: “Historically speaking, the Mississippi Gulf Coast received a great…
Mississippi Time Travel
If you are a Google maps user you may have noticed that Google finally took me up on my idea to make multiple generations of its street views visible. (It’s scary to think if I say stuff loud enough in… Read More ›
Mississippi Unbuilt: Alternative appearances for two lost landmarks
I enjoy viewing architectural renderings of buildings. They often show a structure as its designer intended and depict the building at its peak of glory, though often the reality of a situation sets in and prevents that pinnacle design from… Read More ›
Lost Mississippi: Griffin Chapel Methodist Church, Starkville
Mississippi State University’s Homecoming weekend in Starkville, several days of celebration, partying, football, and…demolition. Well, not most Homecoming weekends, but the 2010 Homecoming weekend was a weekend of demolition. Griffin Chapel Methodist Church, the oldest African American congregation in Starkville,… Read More ›
A Day of Reflection
Randolph School, Pass Christian, After Restoration It is hard to believe it has been eight years since Hurricane Katrina plowed through Mississippi. It was such a scary time, full of uncertainty about the future of so many places that we… Read More ›
Katrina losses still continue
Katrina losses still continue. One more recent loss was the National Register listed Nelson Tenement building in Pascagoula. This individually listed structure sat in its post Katrina state until it came down. You can read the National Register Nomination here.
Architectural Siblings? Jackson, MS and St. Louis, MO J.C. Penney Department Stores
If you’ve ever read the MissPres post The Beauty of Modernist Storefronts, you’ve seen some HABS images of Jackson’s long gone, international style, J.C. Penney department store. This unique building was taken away before it had the opportunity to be appreciated. J.C. Penney Department… Read More ›
Architects’ Homes: Carl E. Matthes Sr., Biloxi
We’ve featured several architects’ homes here on MissPres, with the most recent being the Jackson residence of Emmett J. Hull. Today’s featured residence might be the first house featured that is neither still standing, nor was built by the architect… Read More ›
Lost Mississippi: Father Ryan House, Biloxi (1841-2005)
On this 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we think of our friends and landmarks on the Gulf Coast and hope to see them on the other side of Hurricane Isaac. Meanwhile, we pause to remember another one of our landmarks… Read More ›
Hurricane Camille 43rd Anniversary
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 43 years since Hurricane Camille. Follow this link to the Camille 30th Anniversary study compiled by the University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Center for Science and Technology Policy… Read More ›
Lost Mississippi: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fuller House
Forty-three years ago today, Mississippi lost one of its handful of Frank Lloyd Wright designs, a house in Pass Christian known as the Fuller House. Located at 317 Sandy Hook Drive, the house, designed in 1951, was considered part of… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-7-2012
I hope everyone is thinking about the different Historic Preservation Month related events that are on the calendar. Late April saw a slew of stories around the nation on the anniversary of last year’s tornado outbreak. While most of these… Read More ›
Molitor’s Mississippi: February 11, 1954
This week we are following Architectural Photographer Joseph Molitor on the 58th anniversary of his 1954 trip. Today is the last day of our three-blog-postings trip through Mississippi with Mr. Molitor. According to Columbia University’s Avery Library Archive, by Thursday… Read More ›
Molitor’s Mississippi: February 8-10, 1954
This week we are following Architectural Photographer Joseph Molitor on the 58th anniversary of his 1954 trip to Mississippi. Molitor’s collection of photos, now at the Columbia University Avery Library in New York, forms an important documentary of what the… Read More ›
Auld Lang Syne: Friends We Lost in 2011
As is traditional in this quiet week after Christmas and before New Years, we look back at the year and recount our wins and losses. We usually start with the “sad list” of buildings who lost their battle against time… Read More ›
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 ›
Biloxi Trolley Line Routes
Just by luck, only a few weeks after the Jackson Streetcar map appeared on MissPres, the City of Biloxi Public Works Department has created a map that shows the route of old trolley lines. The idea of the map is… Read More ›
Lost Mississippi: Malmaison
Last week’s look back at the buildings we lost in 2010 reminded me of landmarks lost in other years. I haven’t done a Lost Mississippi post in a while because we already have a wealth of books covering our lost… Read More ›
Keesler Field Barracks
Malvaney’s posts showing Camp Shelby back in World War II reminded me of a recent trip to Keesler AFB in Biloxi. When I was on base back in September I was surprised to find that there was a World War… Read More ›
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