Preservation in Mississippi

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• MissPres News Roundup 10-5-2015

  By ELMalvaney on October 5, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  Well, at our last news roundup, times were good in Mississippi football. This time around, not so much. You win some, you lose some, but as we know in preservation, you must get back on your feet, adjust your helmet, and… Read More ›

• Mississippi by Air: Vicksburg 1940

  By ELMalvaney on October 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• Mid-Century Mississippi: Fondren’s First National Bank

  By ELMalvaney on September 30, 2015 • ( 15 )

  

  Today’s blast to the past is just a nice little Modernist bank building in my Fondren neighborhood that I’ve always admired. It’s one of the earliest drive-through banks I’ve documented, since I started noticing drive-through banks, prodded by Thomas Rosell… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Revisiting the former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Jackson

  By Suzassippi on September 29, 2015 • ( 9 )

  

  The former U S Post Office and Courthouse (Eastland Building) in Jackson has had its share of news since its beginnings in 1932, or 1933, depending on which source one utilizes, and possibly, whether one counts “planning” or just construction. … Read More ›

• Mississippi Streets: Tupelo 1936

  By ELMalvaney on September 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• 10 Most Endangered List Unveiling October 22

  By ELMalvaney on September 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• Meridian, You’re Blowing My Mind!

  By ELMalvaney on September 23, 2015 • ( 14 )

  

  News came yesterday from MDAH’s Historic Preservation Facebook page that at the request of Meridian Mayor Percy Bland, the MDAH Board of Trustees designated Chris Risher’s Modernist gem, the Meridian Police Station, at their monthly meeting. This only days after the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 9-21-2015

  By ELMalvaney on September 21, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  In addition to the bad news about the Port Gibson fire and the great news about the Threefoot Building last week, here are a few more news stories from the past week to help you get back on your feet after this… Read More ›

• Mississippi Streets: Drew, 1937

  By ELMalvaney on September 18, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

• Fabulous News from Meridian?

  By ELMalvaney on September 17, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Meridian’s recently shaky preservation ethic has been the subject of much angst here on MissPres, so it’s exciting to be able to give congratulations and kudos to Meridian mayor Percy Bland, the Meridian City Council, and the Threefoot Preservation Society for… Read More ›

• Fire Fiend Takes Two Historic Buildings in Port Gibson

  By ELMalvaney on September 16, 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  According to the Natchez Democrat: An abandoned service station and former hotel building were destroyed in the fire, the dispatcher said. The building was once reportedly home to the African-American entertainers of the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, which have a Mississippi… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 9-14-2015

  By ELMalvaney on September 14, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Now that the first hints of fall have arrived, I have the energy to look around and see what preservation news is going on in our little postage stamp of the world. First off, if you’re near Rolling Fork tomorrow,… Read More ›

• Friday Film: Mississippi River Basin Model

  By ELMalvaney on September 11, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Today’s Friday Film by Atlas Obscura takes a new look at an old MHT 10 Most Endangered Place, the Mississippi River Basin Model in Jackson, aka “the greatest model ever made.” The model has been long abandoned by the Corps… Read More ›

• Brookhaven Craftsman: Y-Hut

  By ELMalvaney on September 10, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  This week’s Mississippi Craftsman building is the old Y-Hut on the former Whitworth College campus, now the Mississippi School for the Arts in Brookhaven. This is just one of several buildings on the previously abandoned campus that is now looking… Read More ›

• Delta State: It’s a two plaque kinda place

  By Thomas Rosell on September 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I recently came across a 1982 publication entitled Physical Facilities: Delta State University.  It’s a great type of document that I think every organization with buildings should be required to prepare and maintain. The publication features all the buildings ever built… Read More ›

• MS MOD Gallery Talk Sept. 10

  By ELMalvaney on September 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

• Happy 159th Birthday to Louis Sullivan

  By Thomas Rosell on September 3, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  This post was originally published on Preservation in Mississippi in September of 2014.  This reprint is in celebration of Louis Sullivan’s 159 birthday. If you haven’t seen the news the Charnely-Norwood House will again be open for tours every Friday and Saturday from… Read More ›

• Firsthand video of Katrina’s Surge

  By Thomas Rosell on September 2, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  On the 10th Anniversary the MDAH collections blog Sense of Place featured a video that was shot in old town Bay St. Louis during Katrina’s surge. Here is a snippet of what is the MDAH blog has to say about the… Read More ›

• Help build a collection of Mississippi’s Preservation Guidelines

  By Thomas Rosell on September 1, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Click here to view the most up-to-date MissPres Collection of Mississippi Preservation Guidelines. Any Mississippi town with a historic preservation commission that oversees a local historic district very likely has a set of design guidelines.  These guidelines offer general design and technical recommendations… Read More ›

• Commemorating Landmarks Lost to Katrina

  By Thomas Rosell on August 29, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  There are eight magnolia markers along the coast that feature engravings for the structures lost due to Hurricane Katrina.  The drawings were done by Richard J. Cawthon, a historic preservation specialist for FEMA’s Mississippi Recovery Office & former chief architectural historian… Read More ›

• Looking Back at Looking Back: Katrina+10

  By Thomas Rosell on August 28, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It is hard to believe it’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina.  Both because Mississippi has come so far but also because there are projects that are languishing (33rd Ave School) or have only begun (Gulfport’s FBO Hangar)  and so many… Read More ›

• Architects of Mississippi: Fred Wagner (II)

  By ELMalvaney on August 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  In the late sixties Wagner and Oubré dissolved their partnership. James Oubré continued in New Orleans while Fred Wagner went on to Bay St Louis opening his office there on Main Street. He chose to restore a classic creole cottage for that purpose, a decision quite characteristic of his respect for the models of our regional architecture.

• Architects of Mississippi: Fred Wagner (I)

  By ELMalvaney on August 26, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  This is the first of a two-part article by Mark Davis of the Pearl River County Historical Society that originally appeared in the PRCHS newsletter, The Historical Reporter, in Septmber 2010. Mark has contributed articles on MissPres before, notably two biographical sketches of architects, P.J. Krouse… Read More ›

• New Deal in Mississippi: War Memorial Building

  By Suzassippi on August 25, 2015 • ( 17 )

  

  E. L. Malvaney’s War Memorial building has been featured a number of times on MissPres, generally on Memorial Day  (at least 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015), but also Veteran’s Day, and once in a stupendous-as-only-the-other-E L Malvaney-can-do post, we got… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 8-24-2015

  By ELMalvaney on August 24, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Events this week: Freen Melrose Tours, Delta Modern, Movie Night. Plus all the Mississippi preservation news that’s fit to print from Oxford to Natchez, from Gulfport to Greenville, and point in between, delivered direct to your computer, tablet, phablet, or other mobile device.

• Mississippi Streets: 1920s Port Gibson

  By ELMalvaney on August 21, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  See other Mississippi Streets: 1920s Yazoo City 1910s Vicksburg 1950s New Albany 1960s Meridian 1930s Camp Shelby 1950s Pascagoula 1960s Neshoba County Fair

• Mississippi Craftsman: Purvis Women’s Club

  By ELMalvaney on August 20, 2015 • ( 11 )

  

  Suzassippi’s post last week about the Mississippi Federation of Women’s Club building in Jackson reminded me of this sweet little Craftsman house that I photographed a couple years ago in Purvis. I assume it was originally a residence (it’s called… Read More ›

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