Today’s end-of-year list is of all the buildings that the Mississippi Department of Archives and History designated as Mississippi Landmarks. Often confused with the National Register, which is administered by the National Park Service, the Mississippi Landmark designation is completely under the control of the MDAH Board of Trustees, and it is the stronger designation because it gives MDAH the authority to review any proposed alterations to the landmark, including demolition.
News updates from Jackson, Greenwood, DeSoto County, Waverley Mansion, and Ocean Springs.
Recently I acquired Morris Lapidus: The Architecture of Joy, with no inkling of a Mississippi, but found out that we may have some of this nationally famous architect’s work here in the Magnolia State.
Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and a Mississippi Landmark in 2010, the Main Street Railway Bridge hails from 1938, and a combined effort of the Mississippi State Highway Department and funding from the Works Progress Administration. … Read More ›
Last week I started the News Roundup on the Coast. This week I am changing things up by starting with the Delta, a difficult prospect since the Delta Democrat Times, The Greenwood Commonwealth, and The Vicksburg Post are all behind… Read More ›
A big thank you to JRGordon for dishing the dirt in a news roundup almost every week through rain, snow, sleet and dead of night since November 1, 2010. JR has recently returned to hometown Texas , and I’ll be brushing off… Read More ›
I’ve recently picked up the book The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South by Andrew W. Kahrl. It’s been a revelation. More than just a history of segregated beaches, the book explains the… Read More ›
Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). For more about Malmaison and its tragic loss to fire, see Lost Mississippi: Malmaison. Malmaison Malmaison,… Read More ›
We’ll have our regular News Roundup on Monday, but this was a story that we wanted to single out to share with the MissPres world. Thanks to our friends at MDAH for allowing us to share this release – and… Read More ›
I was in Greenwood recently and while there I decided to go check on a hunch I had about a scene in The Help. I don’t actually have a great visual memory, but for some reason, this scene reminded me… Read More ›
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
A storm seems to be headed our way – maybe. Those of you closer to the coast, take the proper precautions and stay safe. Here’s the preservation news that made the rounds this week: Starting off in Natchez, The Democrat… Read More ›
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’s… Read More ›
If you missed it on Friday, Malvaney posted the Mid-way results of the East/Central Mississippi Poll – which you can vote on here if you haven’t already done so. You also still have time to support Tishamingo County in the… Read More ›
I spent a little time at the state archives this weekend scrolling through the microfilm newspapers. It was packed Saturday morning, and competition was fierce for the two remaining microfilm copiers in service. One thing I’ve learned in my years… Read More ›
Time to take a break from pondering which Northeast MS buildings to vote for and catch up on the news. I think it’s interesting that the Northeast is the focus of our current poll – especially since I was sent… Read More ›
I mentioned in the comments section for “Another Vanishing Civil Rights Landmark” that there was a book (that I could not think of at the time) that has a list of various Mississippi Civil Rights Movement sites. That book is… Read More ›
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 ›
This News Roundup will cover some new news and some of the older news that I could not fit into the last Roundup. And here is the news. Let’s start this News Roundup with news from Starkville, an area that… Read More ›
Long ago in the Year of our Lord 2007, the first two weeks of August, expected to be hot and steamy and muggy and generally uncomfortable, instead became cool, with lows even into the 50s at night, gloriously cool nights… Read More ›
Ok, I admit that I accidentally allowed my Clarion-Ledger subscription to lapse–that happened with my home insurance recently too, and it’s getting annoying–so I probably haven’t been keeping up with the news like I usually do, other than my Wall… Read More ›
MissPres readers, greetings from Alabama (the current location of yours truly). And here is the news. The Calhoun County Journal reports in the February 25 paper that Calhoun City is beginning a clean up effort of the Calhoun City Town… Read More ›
After this week of almost constant rain, I suggest we pass a law allowing the whole country to stay home during such weeks. The rain is pleasant if you can stay home and lounge about, but tiresome when you have to… Read More ›
Another Friday, another MissPres News Roundup, just like clockwork, even though I’ve had a long and arduous week. This week’s featured song is “Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen.” August something: An article in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that I initially… Read More ›
Somewhat of a slow week in the news this week, at least as far as preservation in Mississippi is concerned. Happy Friday! July 2, 2009: From the Greenwood Commonwealth, “Inferno Consumes Most of Downtown Block” July 2, 2009: A photographic… Read More ›
This week’s round-up of all the preservation news I can find from around the Magnolia State. As usual, if you have any newsy tidbits come your way, please pass them on to me so I can be sure to post… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 