Perhaps the only good thing that might come out of the Feds recent abandonment of the amazing and sophisticated Eastland Federal Building (1933) in downtown Jackson for their clumsy and overbearing new courthouse is that in the future the public… Read More ›
In 1916, the Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company was operating at its height. The company was a system whose railway division included 5 miles of track and 14 cars.
I hope y’all all enjoyed a relaxing Labor Day weekend with the welcome deluge of rain from Tropical Storm Lee after a long hot summer. While MissPres universe was on vacation, I was thinking about the series of posts by… Read More ›
Back in June’s “Rumblings and Bumblings from Meridian” I noted some rumors about the possible demolition of downtown Meridian’s Meridian Hotel, built in 1910 as one of the first “skyscrapers” in Meridian, and an anchor of the downtown historic district… Read More ›
A lot of the news this past week focused on the East Coast and Hurricane Irene – which made me (and probably a lot of you as well) remember that the Katrina anniversary was yesterday; hence no post in memory… Read More ›
While y’all continue to mull over this week’s series about the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol domes, why not cast a vote or two in our Golden Triangle poll? As you know, we’re working our way through the regions of the… Read More ›
Today, guest author Blake Wintory concludes his fascinating examination of the two similar domes atop the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol buildings. If you are just joining us, jump back to the beginning and read from the beginning because it’s a… Read More ›
We’re on the 2nd day of a 4-part adventure into the ins-and-outs of the Arkansas Capitol project, courtesy of guest author Blake Wintory, in order to gauge the veracity of the claim that the dome on Arkansas’ Capitol is in… Read More ›
A few months ago, Blake Wintory, director of Lakeport Plantation Museum–which because it’s just across the river from Greenville makes him an honorary Mississippian–e-mailed me with a question that kind of blew my mind. He asked if I knew that… Read More ›
In yesterday’s post, we learned about Vicksburg’s first concrete block building, the Bonelli Building on Washington Street. Mr. Bonelli’s idea apparently caught on quickly because within a few months, a Vicksburg contractor, J.W. Mann, had set up a plant to… Read More ›
Recently during my microfilm tour of the 1905/1906 issues of the Vicksburg Post in search of something completely different, I stumbled on two articles that detailed the establishment of Vicksburg’s concrete block industry, and remembering our own Thomas Rosell’s posts… Read More ›
Since yesterday’s first post was about the Vicksburg Poll Results and since the next two days’ posts are about concrete block in Vicksburg, I figured why not just make a week of Vicksburg? Back in the Spring when it was… Read More ›
This week’s Roundup makes me feel like I’m in a bad sequel to a previous summer blockbuster film like Jaws: The Revenge. Okay, so maybe comparing it to one of the worst films ever made exaggerates this week’s news a… Read More ›
As you know, the Vicksburg poll, open the last two weeks, closed on Friday around midnight. Ok, I admit I actually closed it on Saturday morning, but not because I went to bed early, it was because I was out… Read More ›
Today’s post is the second of a two-part series about the life and work of Meridian architect P.J. Krouse by guest author Mark Clinton Davis, reprinted from July 2011 issue of The Reporter of Pearl River County. If you’d like… Read More ›
The July 2011 issue of the newsletter of the Pearl River County Historical Society, The Historical Reporter of Pearl River County, featured a long article about the life and career of yet another once-prominent but now mostly unrecognized Mississippi architect, P.J…. Read More ›
The Sun Herald has a positive report on the efforts of the 33rd Avenue High School Alumni Association and MDAH to restore the once segregated Gulfport high school.
Summer has really heated up in the Magnolia State, and we have a few really hot stories in the news this week. A quick reminder before we dive into the news, don’t forget that the Vicksburg Poll closes on Friday…. Read More ›
With 281 votes at the halfway point, there are few surprises in the Vicksburg poll so far, with the Old Courthouse holding a clear lead. After the roller-coaster ride some of these regional polls have taken us on, I’ll take… Read More ›
Gulf Towers, a high-rise apartment building in Biloxi, was the featured Mississippi building in the February 1964 issue of Mississippi Architect. It might be hard to remember now, but back in 1964, before Camille and of course before Katrina, the… Read More ›
Just a handful of preservation related stories from around the state to share this week – so this roundup will be shorter than most. After you all read up on these stories, perhaps you want to spend some time contemplating… Read More ›
July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›
JRGordon’s mention of the planned renovations of the Lamar County Courthouse in Monday’s News Roundup gave me the perfect opportunity to jump back into blogging after lounging about while Susassippi and JR took over the last couple of weeks. A few… Read More ›
While we’ve been reading about Mound Bayou and playing our 8th Round of Name This Place, here’s what’s been going on in Preservation News around the state: First, news from the Dispatch in Columbus where the local commission is looking… Read More ›
At the beginning of the week, I outlined the plans for the series about Mound Bayou, which just commemorated the 124th year of its founding. The intent of the posts was to provide a brief history of the origins and… Read More ›
The Mississippi unit of the Sir Knights and Daughters of the Tabor was established in 1889 for the purpose of providing insurance–burial, life, and health care (Hodding Carter, Saturday Evening Post, February 23, 1946). Membership in 1946 had increased to… Read More ›
Charles Banks, already a successful businessman in Clarksdale, moved to Mound Bayou with the plan of greater accomplishments in the all-black town. Banks quickly became involved in the community, both politically and economically, and worked with Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee. Although… Read More ›
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