MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Mississippi Towns
Vacation Postcards: El’s Motel, Forest
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Marine Life, Gulfport
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Lou’s Candy Kitchen, Edwards
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
A Nation in Motion: Payne Field
Today we continue a series based on the Mississippi entries from the 1976 document A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. The remaining Mississippi entries have to do with aviation sites. If you are just joining us the background is… Read More ›
Mississippi Roadside: Liberty Drive In
Usually this drive-in on the north side of Hwy 24/48 in Liberty (I don’t know it’s name) is covered up with cars and people when I pass through, but one time last summer, I happened to come through early in… Read More ›
A Nation in Motion: Key Field
Today we continue a series based on the Mississippi entries from the 1976 document A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. The remaining three Mississippi entries have to do with aviation sites. If you are just joining us the background… Read More ›
Sign Up For Preservation Boot Camp!
According to the MDAH website: Preservation Boot Camps Planned Statewide – posted June 13, 2014 pres-wshops-sliderIn lieu of the annual Historic Preservation Boot Camp, MDAH is planning a series of training sessions this summer in Pascagoula, Starkville, Natchez, and Leland…. Read More ›
Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy
Now that summer is here, it’s time to get out and enjoy a chocolate shake, hamburger, and fries at your favorite mid-century drive in, and to help you get in the mood, Friday fun posts for a while will showcase some drive-ins I’ve discovered on my travels around the state.
Amazing
Amazing. That is the word that best captures the spirit of this year’s Listen Up! Historic Preservation Conference and Heritage Awards Luncheon. I could not help but be delighted, engaged and inspired by all the wonderful stories our conference participants… Read More ›
White House Hotel Nears Completion
Just a quick photo update of the White House Hotel. The exterior work appears to have come a far piece since our last update three months ago. It is awesome to see the historic windows retained! The pool under restoration……. Read More ›
Ready, Set, Tupelo!
The Listen Up! Historic Preservation Conference is right around the corner! It’s not too late to sign up for this amazing opportunity to learn from your fellow preservationists about great things that are happening around Mississippi and how to make… Read More ›
A Nation in Motion: Roadways
Today we continue a series based on the Mississippi entries from the 1976 document A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. The informal compilation sprang from a 1973 suggestion by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to the United States Department… Read More ›
A Nation in Motion: Railroad Structures
Today we begin a series based on the Mississippi entries from the 1976 document A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. The informal compilation sprang from a 1973 suggestion by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to the United States Department… Read More ›
Memorial Day 2014
Thoughtful citizens must realize that when a nation ceases to build, it begins to cease to live. It is a curious fact, subject to verification in the history of civilized societies the world around, that architecture and all the other arts of peace are a responsibility that the whole community necessarily must bear. Not adventurously, then, but with deep and deliberate purpose does the United State even in time of trouble engage its resources of wealth and men in construction endeavors of the kind represented by your new Memorial.
Mississippi by Air: Northeast Miss. Jr. College, 1958
This photo was probably taken around 1950, as many of the buildings shown were built in 1948. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Mississippi_Community_College
Newspaper Clippings: Hospitals in Every County
Rural and small-town hospitals have been in the news lately, and it reminded me of this article from 1948, a period of great optimism in public health when Mississippi’s network of public hospitals was the talk of the nation. Mississippi… Read More ›
Modern Architecture Is Like An Oyster
In honor of the closing of another oyster season I’d like to share an architecture & oyster book quote, along with some images from the 2009 National Register Nomination form of the Wiener House located in Jackson.
Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Carrollton and Sardis
This post is the eleventh and final in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg Oxford Jackson and Raymond Meridian
Biloxi’s Preservation In May 2014 Events
May is National Preservation Month! For the seventh year the City of Biloxi, Biloxi Bay Chamber, Biloxi Main Street, Biloxi Public Schools, and the Local History & Genealogy Department of the Biloxi Public Library have teamed up to present the award-winning Preservation in… Read More ›
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 ›
Round Buildings from the Air
If you haven’t already, please read today’s important post regarding the recent MDAH Board of Trustees meeting. With several posts on the topic it may not be a surprise that I am a fan of satellite and aerial photography. I’ve… Read More ›
Update on MDAH Board Meeting
In its Friday meeting, the MDAH Board of Trustees approved the demolition of Holtzclaw House and the Ross Building but tabled Eupora Gym’s de-designation request after a discussion that threw out Robert’s Rules of Order.
Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Meridian
This post is the tenth in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg Oxford Jackson and Raymond
A Laconic Gauntlet Thrown
The past several posts about the threats and losses of Mississippi’s nationally significant and valuable historic resources have been heavy content. Today will hopefully be a break with some lighter fare, allowing us to recharge our efforts. Last week Malvaney unwittingly threw down… Read More ›
Dark Days
This Friday, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will consider requests to demolish two Mississippi Landmarks and delist another, which pretty much amounts to the same thing.
Preservation in Mississippi 