From Downtown Jackson Partners: The first ever “Downtown On Display” will take place in Downtown Jackson on Saturday, October 5th, 2013. Joining the excitement of the third annual Town Creek Arts Festival, Jackson’s most historic neighborhood is opening its doors to… Read More ›
Here’s a whirlwind view of Mississippi’s preservation news of the last few weeks with thanks to MissPreser Theodore for sending a number of stories my way. On the Coast, the eighth anniversary of Katrina was commemorated with a memorial service… 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. VII (1903). The Yerger Home Among the many handsome homes that adorned our State in ante-bellum days, none… Read More ›
With our summer schedule, it’s been a while since we’ve had a news round up. Some of what I’ve got, you may have from the twitter news feed. Down in Moss Point, the fate of the old fire station building… Read More ›
WLBT reported a fire at the Hinds County Armory on the Missisisppi State Fairgrounds this evening. Word from the site indicates the fire was put out around 6:45, but if that’s the case, it was going for about an hour.
Time for another MissPres AWOTW! I gathered up a couple of definitions to help fully define our word this week. Some of our examples photos come from the MDAH HRI database. The Elements of Style by Stephen Calloway and Elizabeth… Read More ›
Excerpt from Beckwith v. State of Mississippi (1998 appeal) THE EVIDENCE THE DEATH OF MEDGAR EVERS 3. The last hours of Medgar Evers were recounted by the testimony of his widow, Myrlie. On direct examination, Ms. Evers testified as follows: Q…. Read More ›
While we’re starting our twitter-like news feed on the MissPres page, I’ve been off a couple weeks so we’re due a traditional round-up as well. The biggest news the past couple of weeks have been the municipal elections around the… Read More ›
MDAH recently announced the addition of the Fred Daniels collection to their Flickr photostream. The Daniels family managed a studio in downtown Jackson: The Daniel, Al Fred, Photograph Collection consists of 586 photographs from three studios managed by the Albert… Read More ›
One of the things I love about MissPres is that it allows one person who has a tiny bit of information about Mississippi’s architectural history to throw it out there and see if others have other tiny bits of information that… Read More ›
Schemes and scams by unscrupulous hucksters are nothing new as we’ll see in today’s post. The American Architect and Buildings News reported about one such hustle that occurred during the 1900 bid opening of the New Capitol. A Hustling Contractor… Read More ›
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 ›
If you are like me you are always searching for examples of past MissPres Architectural Words of the Week. I recently found two that will hopefully get all y’all’s creative juices flowing for the weekend. The Standard Oil Building in… Read More ›
Monday, May 13, 9:30 a.m.–noon at the Old Capitol Museum. Cruising the Capital. Join architectural historian Todd Sanders for a tour of Jackson by trolley. A box lunch and discussion of Jackson preservation projects will follow at the Old Capitol Museum…. Read More ›
April is wrapping up quickly – which means that Preservation Month will soon be here. If any Miss Pres readers have events to share for our special month – let us know and we’ll get them on the calendar. One… Read More ›
Whenever a large new building is built, or we move into a huge new house, two or three times bigger than we have ever had, there’s a period of delusion in which we can’t see how we will ever fill… Read More ›
This event popped up on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Facebook page yesterday, and I’ve also seen it on posters around Jackson this week: Jackson became the hub of Modernist architecture in the state when its population exploded… Read More ›
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 ›
Back in June 2011 we shared some pictures of the French 40 & 8 (aka the Merci) Car being moved from behind the War Memorial & Old Capitol to its new home nearby, beside the GM&O Depot. Earlier this week,… Read More ›
According to the MDAH website, the Governor’s Mansion (1839-42, William Nichols) will be closed to tours from April through August as it undergoes some needed infrastrastructure upgrades. The Mississippi Governor’s Mansion is in the midst of a project to help… Read More ›
With carnival over for another year I’ve bagged up all my beads and recycled them. But I have one throw this year that I’ll be holding on to. On Joe Cain day (is it Joe Cain day if it’s not… Read More ›
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 ›
Two weeks ago we quietly celebrated the fourth birthday of MissPres.com with a great article about the early conversations regarding the first restoration the Old Capitol. Discussing the Old Capitol has become an anniversary tradition. Another anniversary tradition has been the introduction of a… Read More ›
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 ›
As is our tradition on MissPres, we celebrate the end of our fourth year by returning to the Old Capitol, our touchstone since our first post back in February 2009. Today’s post is long, maybe too long, but I think… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 