A lot of news from this past week to share before we kick off the latest round of “Name This Place”: Gulfport Library is back in the news this week (for those not up on this issue, see the “Backstory”… Read More ›
Biloxi
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Flemish Bond
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. Have you been keeping an eye out for these elements like I have? This week… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2012
Wow! I can’t believe it’s March already. Lots of Spring events on the calendar to take advantage of, so be sure to check it out. Now for the news: The biggest story I saw this week was from Natchez, where… Read More ›
Molitor’s Mississippi: February 3, 1954
You may remember about this time last year, how we followed the 1952 footsteps of architectural photographer Joseph Molitor on the 59th anniversary of his first professional trip through Mississippi. As a reminder, here’s a little background about Molitor from the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-13-2012
Happy Monday! Here’s the latest preservation news from around the state: We’ll start on the Coast where 33rd Avenue School in Gulfport is back in the news. If you remember from a couple of posts last summer (here and here),… Read More ›
Biloxi’s Blighted Banking Buildings Blowup (not really but they are getting demolished)
JRGordon first reported on the city of Biloxi’s blighted property list back in an early November round-up. The list is starting to generate either repairs or demolitions as reported recently by the Sun Herald. While most buildings on the list… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 2-6-2012
We have a short-ish round up this week – meaning that you will still have plenty of time to search for the most popular commercials from this year’s Super Bowl. Our first story this week is in regards to the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-23-2012
Disclaimer: I just roundup the news stories, so don’t shoot the messenger . . . Might as well start with the worst of it . . . the crazy weather lately has causes major damage to the Corinth Machinery Building. … Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-3-2012
Happy New Year MissPres! I was on vacation for the holidays – but preservation in the news kept going (and thanks to Malvaney and Theodore who helped make sure I didn’t miss these stories while I was gone). Unfortunately, the… Read More ›
Merry Christmas 2011
The current Biloxi City Hall was built as the U.S. Federal Building in 1905-08. The city acquired the building from the federal government in 1960 after the New Federal Building in Biloxi was completed. In my opinion it is the… Read More ›
The Montross Metal Shingle Co. asks “Are you interested in Roofing?”
“Are you interested in Roofing?” Apparently at the turn of the 20th century an unknown Biloxi builder was, as Montross Metal Shingles are featured prominently on several Biloxi structures. While many companies produced a pressed metal shingle the Montross Metal… Read More ›
Mississippi Architect, April 1964: Howard Memorial Hospital
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 ›
Going Inside: St. Michael’s Church, Biloxi
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 ›
Traveling by Trolley in Mississippi: Gulfport – Biloxi
Today’s post is Chapter 3 in our series re-printing Frank Brooks’ “Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Stories about Streetcars.” View other posts in the series at the “Streetcars” tab. You might also be interested in comparing the streetcar map for… Read More ›
Mississippi Architect, Feb 1964: Gulf Towers, Biloxi
Gulf Towers, a high-rise apartment building in Biloxi, was the featured Mississippi building in the February 1964 issue of Mississippi Architect. It might be hard to remember now, but back in 1964, before Camille and of course before Katrina, the… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 7-25-2011
While we’ve been reading about Mound Bayou and playing our 8th Round of Name This Place, here’s what’s been going on in Preservation News around the state: First, news from the Dispatch in Columbus where the local commission is looking… Read More ›
Caillavet Street Bridge 1926-2011
It happened with so little fanfare that hardly anyone seemed to notice the demolition of the Caillavet Street bridge. This bridge once carried Caillavet Street to the north shore of back bay where Biloxi’s Caillavet Street became Central Avenue in… Read More ›
Old Glory
The Peoples Bank of Biloxi, Biloxi Miss. Built 1913-1914
MissPres News Roundup 4-19-2011
So far, I have not seen any stories about major storm damage to historic buildings from this latest round of tornadoes – and I hope that continues to be the case as the reports keep coming in. Unfortunately, we still… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 4-4-2011
There’s just one week left to get your votes in for the Central Poll. If you’ve already used up your votes at home and work, then it’s time to spread the word to others to do the same. And I… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-31-2011
Wow! I can’t believe that we’re already at the end of January. Here’s a look at the news since our last round-up: Usually, we keep things focused on Mississippi preservation news, but a big story out of Virginia deserves a… 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 ›
Fires Take Their Toll
Yesterday we received the sad news that two adjacent buildings in downtown Biloxi’s small historic district burned down late Tuesday night. Included in the loss was Spanish Trail Books, one of Mississippi’s independent bookstores and a place that I regularly… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 1-10-2011
Happy New Year, MissPres, and happy snow day to most of the state! Here’s the new stories that wrapped up 2010 and kicked off 2011. A lot of news from around the Coast in the past few weeks. As Malvaney… 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 ›
MissPres News Roundup 11-8-2010
No big intro this week – let’s jump right into the news: The weekly papers covering Waynesboro and Water Valley have recently published stories about how each community is looking at establishing National Register Districts. The meetings local officials have… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 