If you haven’t seen any of the previous posts… Tomorrow, August 15, 2015, is the day of the Mississippi Heritage Trust Gulf Coast Preservation Trail. This is your chance to poke around historic places across the Mississippi Gulf Coast that were saved or… Read More ›
Our Craftsman series usually focuses on the Craftsman bungalows found in even the smallest of Mississippi towns. But you don’t need a whole house to show your Craftsman style–sometimes a great porch will do the trick. Maybe you didn’t even… Read More ›
The headquarters for the Mississippi Federation of Women’s Clubs, constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration, was designed by architect R. W. Naef in the Georgian-Revival style (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory). According to the… Read More ›
Just a reminder that the Mississippi Heritage Trust “Preservation Trail” event commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the preservation victories that came out of tragedy, will take place Saturday August 15, 2015 from 10am to 2pm. This is an… Read More ›
The original portion of Canton High School was constructed in 1923, designed by architect N. W. Overstreet (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory). The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works funded an addition to the building which… Read More ›
New research by Preserve Marshall County and Holly Springs on the endangered “little white house” behind Holly Springs City Hall indicates it was in fact the original surveyor’s office of Hugh Craft, who came to town as a surveyor for… Read More ›
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Green Derby New Restaurant Being Built A handsome new dining place is under construction in West Jackson to be operated by the Green Derby Restaurant for the Drake Motel. Wise Construction Company of Jackson is building the 4,000 square foot… Read More ›
Remember the good ol’ days when we could take a week or two off from news roundups in the summer and not miss much? Those days are gone, my friend, and things have been hopping, and not in a good way, in the last couple of weeks.
This Unbuilt Mississippi post features what would have been the tallest structure in downtown Biloxi until the construction of the Santa Maria del Mar in the early 1970’s. I was able to find this nugget in a 1908 issue of The… Read More ›
It’s not suspicious at all when a backhoe appears on a Saturday morning behind a historic city-owned building that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been the subject of intense local debate, has been included on the… Read More ›
See other Mississippi Streets: 1920s Yazoo City 1910s Vicksburg 1950s New Albany 1960s Meridian 1930s Camp Shelby
The true, for-real last article from the original Mississippi Architect.
I had mentioned several weeks ago to reader gstone that I had seen post Katrina photographs of the Craftsman cottage featured in the Bay Bungalow post. Due to ongoing computer problems I am not able to find the photos I… Read More ›
Murder, mayhem, and money top the list of news items in this week’s MissPres News Roundup.
The last issue of the first run of Mississippi Architect, published monthly from February 1963 through March 1965, highlighted Whitten Junior High School in Jackson, a building constructed in 1960 as a close twin of Chastain Middle School in northeast… Read More ›
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. For an alternate view, see http://collections.msdiglib.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/columbus/id/262/rec/11
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. See also “Swimming Pools for Some.”
The plans for this Bay St. Louis, Mississippi craftsman bungalow are in the Edward F. Sporl Office Records collection at Tulane University’s South Eastern Architectural Archives. The plans were featured in the just past bungalow exhibit. Here is what information was provided… Read More ›
Good news for the c.1880 Italianate Walton-Young House on University Avenue: a little TLC for the exterior! The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is supporting the repairs through its Community Heritage Preservation Grant. Architect for the work is Belinda… Read More ›
Well, I have played hookey from the news roundup for so long that my list of articles was starting to really look at me askance, so to catch us all up, how about one of those Cliff Notes versions that… Read More ›
This pre-Hurricane Katrina postcard acts as a book end for the c. 1964 pre-Hurricane Camille postcard from Tuesday’s post. That postcard was originally featured on MissPres in the post Mississippi by Air: Biloxi Waterfront Before Casinos
Last week, we were introduced to Blanche Butler Ames (1847-1939), wife of Adelbert Ames, a Massachusetts native and former Union general who served two non-consecutive terms as governor during Reconstruction. Young Blanche entered the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion with some trepidation, unimpressed by… Read More ›
If you are feeling down in the dumps from the start of hurricane season and Monday’s hurricane post, maybe the start of shrimp season with the promise of wonderful fresh shrimp will lift your spirit. The horizon south of the… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 