Airliewood is listed on the 101 Places in MIssissippi to See Before you Die list…but will not be able to be seen without an invitation onto the grounds. Iron fences, and mature trees combine to make it primarily hidden from… Read More ›
Mississippi Towns
MissPres News Roundup 6-25-2012
It’s too hot for witty intros – so straight to the news: First, good news in Tupelo where we thought the City Council was going to wait on an opinion from the Attorney General’s office related to the bid laws… Read More ›
Newspaper Clippings: Save the Governor’s Mansion, Ditch the Old Capitol
This article/editorial, taking a stand on the preservation of the Governor’s Mansion and the Old Capitol, was re-printed in the Vicksburg Evening Post (July 21, 1905, p.2) from an original publication in the Biloxi Review. MISSISSIPPI’S OLD CAPITOL BUILDING With… Read More ›
Jackson’s Mill Street, Pearl River Glass, and Other Assorted Randomness
This post is kind of a stream of consciousness post, although probably not qualifying as Faulkneresque. Back in May, I happened to catch most of the Mississippi Arts Hour on MPB (which I prefer to call by its old name,… Read More ›
101 Places: Walter Place in Holly Springs
Harvey Washington Walter “challenged [architect Spires Boling] to create something grander than the classic Greek Revival house with tall white columns” (walterplace.com). Boling’s response was the Gothic towers “topped with castellated battlements.” Battlement: …a parapet with indentations or embrasures with… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 6-18-2012
“Officially” Summer starts later this week, but some preservation news stories are already heating up – luckily, I found some good news stories that I hope will balance this week’s roundup out nicely. First, Meridian where there were two stories… Read More ›
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Lally Column
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 ›
Mississippi Architects: William A. Stanton (1870-1948)
Yesterday, we saw two portraits of Vicksburg’s builder/architect William Stanton. Today, thanks to granddaughter Sandra Stanton Toler and Dorothy O’Neill, we see a lifetime of portraits of Stanton’s architect son William A. Stanton. William A. Stanton perhaps was Mississippi’s first… Read More ›
Architect Pics: William Stanton (1840-1908)
Back in January, you may recall, I ran a great obituary from the Vicksburg Post memorializing Vicksburg’s important architect/builder William Stanton, whose career spanned the transition from small-scale tradesmen to large-scale construction firms. Not too long ago, MissPres reader Dorothy O’Neil… Read More ›
Mound Bayou 125th Anniversary Celebration
July 12th marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the City of Mound Bayou, Mississippi. During the week of July 8-14, 2012, the City of Mound Bayou invites you to share in the celebration of this unique community, established… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 6-11-2012
Wow – can’t believe it’s June already. Despite the heat, there are some things on the MissPres Calendar to check out – including a two day “Historic Preservation Boot Camp” held by our friends at MDAH. Been a while since… Read More ›
Vacation Postcards: Heritage Motel, Columbus
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Gilhara Motor Hotel, Greenville
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Blue Gables Tourist Court, Hattiesburg
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: Lakeview Motel, Brandon
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
Vacation Postcards: No-el Motel, Corinth
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Kneeler
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 weeks… Read More ›
Taborian Hospital Project Update
Work on the restoration and renovation of Mound Bayou’s Taborian Hospital–slated to become the Taborian Urgent Care Center–is finally making visual progress after several months of planning and development. The plywood is off the doors and some of the windows,… Read More ›
Where Have All the Roof Signs Gone?
My little postcard collection continues to grow, although more slowly now that you can’t get even a really boring common postcard on eBay for less than three or four dollars. One thing I started to notice was the prevalence of… Read More ›
Oxford City Hall, former Federal Building and Post Office
Next up on the “101 Places in Mississippi to see before you die” list is the City Hall of Oxford, former Federal Building and Post Office for 90 years (1885-1975). The City Hall took 5% (43 votes) of the vote… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 5-21-2012
Time keeps flying – it’s hard to believe it’s already this late in May. There’s still some Preservation Month activities before June is upon us – check on the calendar for dates and times. And here’s the news: We are… Read More ›
MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Jerkinhead Gable
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 ›
Suzassippi’s Mississippi: First Presbyterian Church of Water Valley
The First Presbyterian Church of Water Valley was established in 1843. The Romanesque building was erected in 1896. Romanesque Revival was a popular style in the late 1800s in Mississippi, particularly for Presbyterian and Methodist churches (Pace/Cawthon, Lost Churches of… Read More ›
A Little Contest: Like a Ton of (Concrete) Bricks
So this morning we had a mini contest about a material that is on the primary facade of a building on 28th Avenue in downtown Gulfport. All the answers were pretty spot on but the answer that contained all the… Read More ›
A Little Contest
A while back at Preservation In Pink Kaitlin had a little quiz to identify a specific material, which turned out to be plaster scored to give the appearance of ceramic tile. I thought that it would be fun to have… Read More ›
History of Art in Mississippi: Churches (II)
Finally at long last we are at the end of the Architecture chapter in History of Art in Mississippi, published in 1929. In addition to this chapter, several other chapters concentrate on the state’s historic buildings, including two chapters on… Read More ›
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