Preservation in Mississippi

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• What is Rock Lath? Redux

  By Thomas Rosell on December 13, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  One of the most popular posts I’ve written for Preservation in Mississippi has to be a post about rock lath.  But what is rock lath?  According to the Dictionary of Architecture and Construction 4th Edition by Cyril M. Harris rock lath, also… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2017 In Review

  By Thomas Rosell on December 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a roundup of our 2017 MissPres News Roundups.  Unless a huge story breaks this will be our last roundup for the year. One of the top news stories this year was damage to historic places caused by tornadoes… Read More ›

• Canizaro Collection Now at MSU

  By ELMalvaney on December 11, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Thanks to Steve Davis of CCD Architects for bringing this story from their website to our attention and for sharing these amazing photos from the CCD collection: Canizaro Cawthon Davis has donated their founding firms’ architectural papers to Mississippi State… Read More ›

• Snowin’ in the Pines, and the Magnolias, and the Live Oaks . . .

  By ELMalvaney on December 8, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  Most of central and south Mississippi woke up to an early 200th birthday present–a verifiable snow storm that stuck! Here are a few pictures of Jackson and environs, and if you spent some time wandering the winter wonderland taking pictures… Read More ›

• Trimming the Tree in McComb

  By Thomas Rosell on December 8, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  A recent Susassippi post ended with the question, “What is your favorite Edgar Lucian Malvaney building?”  My pick was the 1948 Enterprise-Journal Building on Broadway in McComb.  Some time ago I ran across this newspaper clipping from the building’s dedication… Read More ›

• The Maintenance and Repair of Architectural Cast Iron

  By Suzassippi on December 7, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  As an architectural metal, [cast iron] made possible bold new advances in architectural designs and building technology, while providing a richness in ornamentation. (John G. Waite, with Historical Overview by Margot Gayle, The Maintenance and Repair of Architectural Cast Iron, 27… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Vincent J. Scully (1920-2017)

  By Thomas Rosell on December 6, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Last Friday Vincent Scully passed away at the age of 97 at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia.  He was one of the most notable architectural historians of the 20th century and architect Philip Johnson referred to him as “the most influential… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-5-2017

  By Thomas Rosell on December 5, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Good news for Hattiesburg’s Eaton School? Bad news for Meridian’s Mid Century Sears? And conundrums in Jackson all in this weeks MissPres News Roundup.

• Saving the Historic Preservation Tax Credit, Saving Mississippi Communities

  By ELMalvaney on December 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  As we’ve noted in a couple of recent News Roundups, the popular historic preservation tax credit has been put into limbo in recent congressional tax reform proposals. As of this weekend, the House of Representatives bill, passed in early November,… Read More ›

• Byram’s Unique Church Design

  By Thomas Rosell on December 1, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  A recent Susassippi post ended with the question, “What is your favorite Edgar Lucian Malvaney building?” Feeling forced to pick one, I settled on the 1948 McComb Enterprise-Journal Building seen below on Broadway in McComb [more to come on this… Read More ›

• Commerce Street Car Barn

  By Thomas Rosell on November 30, 2017 • ( 10 )

  

  When “Traveling by Trolley” through “Industrial Mississippi” be sure to stop by the Car Barn on Jackson’s Commerce Street.

• Mid-Week Mid-Century: Mississippi’s Outstanding Post-War Schools

  By ELMalvaney on November 29, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s totally normal (I’m sure you would agree) to collect books like American School and University, and as I was flipping through the 1950-51 (22nd annual) edition, I came across a chapter called “America’s Outstanding School Buildings (built since 1945).”… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-28-2017

  By Thomas Rosell on November 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The year is almost over, hard to believe.  No more time for turkey talk, let’s jump right in to one of the last Mississippi Preservation news roundups for 2017. I don’t usually lead with National news but this is an… Read More ›

• Giving Thanks in 2017

  By Thomas Rosell on November 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are a few posts from the past year I am thankful for…

• National Trust Announces African American Action Fund

  By ELMalvaney on November 20, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Just in time for Thanksgiving, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced a new source of grants, the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, that we hope will help save some of Mississippi’s historic places, https://savingplaces.org/african-american-cultural-heritage#.WhJOv0qnHIV  We owe it to… Read More ›

• Hill-Behan: A New Concept In Building Materials Merchandising

  By Thomas Rosell on November 17, 2017 • ( 27 )

  

  Today’s featured newspaper clipping notes the introduction a convenience we take for granted today.  If you’ve ever been hot and sweaty working on a project and had the frustration of needing one more widget or sprocket to finish said project… Read More ›

• Industrial Mississippi: Delco Remy Plants, Laurel & Meridian

  By Thomas Rosell on November 16, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Today’s post arises from both an interest in the Industrial Mississippi posts, but also the Friday is a Gas Series.  I was curious if any motor vehicles had been produced in Mississippi, then I recalled a friend who had worked… Read More ›

• New Deal in Mississippi: Sunflower Agricultural High School

  By Suzassippi on November 15, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  The Sunflower Agricultural High School in Moorhead was PWA project W1176, approved November 1936 with a $45,000 grant toward the estimated cost of $100,000.  Construction began January 27, 1937 and was completed September 9, 1937 for a total of $100,298… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-14-2017

  By Thomas Rosell on November 14, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Let’s jump right into this week’s roundup. In Jackson we have a couple of stories.  The Mt. Olive Cemetery on Lynch Street, a resting place of former slaves, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  You can… Read More ›

• Veterans Day 2017

  By Thomas Rosell on November 10, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  This day we honor veterans of all of America’s wars, but especially our doughboys of the Great War, which began in 1914 and consumed a generation of men. Veterans Day was established originally by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 as… Read More ›

• First Mississippi Brick Makers’ Association Meeting, 1919

  By ELMalvaney on November 9, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  Many of our Industrial Mississippi posts have highlighted mid-20th century industries, but today we go back a few decades to look at one of the original building industries, brick-making. I came across this article entitled “Mississippi Brick Manufacturers Convene” in… Read More ›

• Mississippi Builders: A.C. Samford Company

  By Thomas Rosell on November 8, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Today’s post sheds light on a construction company that was fairly active on the Coast during the 1920s and early 1930s.  The projects the company was bidding on and constructing were and are landmarks in the communities of Gulfport and Biloxi…. Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-7-2017

  By Thomas Rosell on November 7, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Stories this week come from Vicksburg, Meridian, Ellisville, and Philadelphia. The big local story this week might be the listing for sale of the Presbyterian Church in Rodney.  If you haven’t heard about this yet, be sure the check out yesterday’s post. The big national news this week is the loss of the federal preservation tax credits.

• Good News! Rodney Presbyterian Is For Sale

  By ELMalvaney on November 6, 2017 • ( 8 )

  

  The Mississippi preservation world has been all a-twitter the last couple of weeks since word came out that Rodney Presbyterian Church is up for sale, first on Facebook, and then on Old House Dreams. The church, dedicated in 1832, is… Read More ›

• Friday Under the Lights: Laurel’s Watkins Stadium

  By Thomas Rosell on November 3, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  I believe tonight is the last night for regular season High School football across Mississippi and we have yet to feature a historic playing field on MissPres this fall.  Tonight (Friday November 3, 2017) Laurel will face off against Natchez,… Read More ›

• History of the Holcomb Consolidated School

  By Suzassippi on November 2, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Knowing that many of the buildings constructed by the New Deal Administration programs are not always documented in readily accessible locations, any time I run across one that has the years in the right time span, and knowing the architects… Read More ›

• Mid-Week Mid-Century: Hospitals in Every County

  By Thomas Rosell on November 1, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  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 ›

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