Preservation in Mississippi

Recent Posts - page 38

• New Deal in Mississippi: Lynville School

  By Suzassippi on October 14, 2014 • ( 16 )

  

  New at the time construction materials and techniques were used.  Exterior walls are of strand steel and poured concrete.  It has a slate roof. (“Get together held at Lynville school.” 10/23/2013. Kemper County Messenger) The WPA financed school building was… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-13-2014

  By ELMalvaney on October 13, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  In case you haven’t been in yelling distance of the state of Mississippi, the biggest news is that for the first time ever, both Ole Miss and Mississippi State are in the Top 5 with undefeated records six games into… Read More ›

• Mississippi by Air: Biloxi’s Buena Vista Hotel-Motel

  By ELMalvaney on October 10, 2014 • ( 14 )

  

  The Buena Vista Hotel-Motel, Biloxi, Miss., convention center on the Golden Mississippi Gulf Coast, offers the finest in modern Hotel-Motel accommodations. Complete convention and resort facilities on U.S. Highway 90.

• Chris Risher’s Meridian Police Station Honor Citation

  By ELMalvaney on October 9, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  As you know, the MDAH Board of Trustees will be voting next Friday on whether to place the Meridian Police Station, designed in 1975-1977 by one of Mississippi’s most talented Modernists, Chris Risher, under consideration as a Mississippi Landmark. This… Read More ›

• Biloxi Gave The Whole Coast Gas

  By Thomas Rosell on October 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  In our last post on Gasometers we saw a 1922 list of towns that had manufactured gas service. Of the eight service providers only one provided service to customers outside of the town in which the coal gas was manufactured…. Read More ›

• New Deal in Mississippi: Macon City Hall

  By Suzassippi on October 7, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Macon’s City Hall, looking remarkably like several of the red brick Colonial Revival post offices built in Mississippi during the New Deal years, was constructed 1938-1939 through Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, project #Miss 1366-F. Architects P. J. Krouse and L. L. Brasfield of Meridian designed the building.

• MissPres News Roundup 10-6-2014

  By ELMalvaney on October 6, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Things are heating up in the Mississippi preservation world now that the weather is cooling a bit. In Jackson’s Fondren neighborhood, we pick up the story of the proposed Hampton Inn on the remaining green space next to Duling School…. Read More ›

• Catch a Fall Pilgrimage

  By ELMalvaney on October 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Two fall pilgrimages have snuck up on me, but you still have time to take advantage of the cooler fall weather that is promised for this weekend and beyond by taking a trek to explore some of Mississippi’s historic landmarks.

• Mississippians with Gas

  By Thomas Rosell on October 1, 2014 • ( 15 )

  

  If you haven’t read last week’s post on Gasometers, this post follows up on that discussion of the hulking, black, iron lungs that eased up and down at all hours of the day and night, depending on gas demand (for lighting, heating & cooking) and the manufacturer’s supply. We pondered what towns had gas works and the mysterious gasometers that were required to store the manufactured gas.

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Zama Consolidated School

  By Suzassippi on September 30, 2014 • ( 30 )

  

  The community of Zama, in Attala County, was named for the daughter of one of the town’s founders. The first school building was constructed in 1907, and in 1949, Edgar Lucian Malvaney designed a new classroom building.

• Ray Stadium, Meridian High School

  By Thomas Rosell on September 26, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  This week marks the first day of fall and high school football season is well underway.  Summer sweet treats have turned into Friday night lights.  Ray Stadium was built in 1937 for Meridian Senior High – Junior College.  The stadium originally sat… Read More ›

• Hello Hummingbirds!

  By Lolly Barnes on September 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This fall is a busy time at the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s coast office, and not just for critters. Last Monday, we were thrilled to share this architectural masterpiece with Main Streeters from Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas who were in Ocean Springs for the Destination Downtown conference. Then on Saturday, architect Ligia Romer shared her thoughts on the “Frank versus Louis” debate with over thirty guests. Her lecture series will continue on October 18 with “Period versus Progress” and November 15 with “The Big Story and the Small Town,” both at 2:00 p.m.

• Newspaper Clippings: Rambling Around Jackson, 1888

  By ELMalvaney on September 24, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I wish I could claim credit for discovering this little nugget, but an archivist friend dug it out and passed it on to me. Jackson may still seem a small town to some, but as you’ll read below, back in… Read More ›

• The Last Of The Mississippi Gasometers?

  By Thomas Rosell on September 23, 2014 • ( 15 )

  

  Several years ago Malvaney asked us the question what happened to the street car system that were so prevalent in towns large and small across Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century. These lines not only brought transportation but… Read More ›

• New Capitol Under Renovation

  By ELMalvaney on September 22, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  If you’ve been in downtown Jackson recently you may have noticed that the Capitol has sprouted scaffolding. It’s the beginning of a long-overdue $7.4 million renovation.

• To Preserve and Protect

  By Lolly Barnes on September 18, 2014 • ( 31 )

  

  Designed by eminent Mississippi architect Chris Risher, the Meridian Police Department is a watershed of modernist design worthy of preservation. Reflecting international trends in architecture, the building represents Meridian’s aspirations in the 1970s to become a city of architectural renown. The City of Meridian recently submitted a request to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for a permit to demolish this intriguing building.

• Holly Springs’ Wrecking Ball this Saturday

  By ELMalvaney on September 17, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  The grounds of Chalmers Institute will come alive with a host of artists, authors, musicians and historians who have donated their appearances for the evening. The Ball will not only highlight regional cultural treasures, but also provide dinner and beverages and a silent auction featuring regional art!

• Flora School Mystery

  By Suzassippi on September 16, 2014 • ( 42 )

  

  Here is another one of those intriguing mysteries that I cannot solve, and I have been trying since August 4th.  The building pictured is currently being used as the Administration Building for the Madison County School system, and is located… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 9-15-2014

  By ELMalvaney on September 15, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  News from Jackson, West Point, Meridian, Philadelphia, Columbus, and did I mention Meridian?

• Break Out Those Markers!

  By Lolly Barnes on September 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Mississippi Heritage Trust is calling all young artists to share their drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs of the historic places that matter the most to them. In addition to being featured on the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s online gallery, a few… Read More ›

• Before: The 1942 Works Progress Administration Clinton Elementary School; After: The 2014 Residence Hall

  By Suzassippi on September 9, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  This beautiful Colonial Revival building was designed by architect J. M. Spain and constructed by the Works Progress Administration in 1942. It will be replaced by a MIssissippi College residence hall.

• Happy 158th Birthday to Louis Sullivan

  By Thomas Rosell on September 5, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Father of Modern Architecture and part time Mississippian Louis Sullivan would have celebrated his 158th birthday this week.  To honor his birth here is an excerpt from his autobiography which is entitled  Autobiography of an Idea.  In this excerpt Sullivan discusses… Read More ›

• Friday Videos: Charnley-Norwood House

  By ELMalvaney on September 5, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  On this early September Friday, close your office door and take your federally mandated 15-minute break watching these two well-done videos about the Charnley-Norwood House in Ocean Springs. For those of you unfamiliar with the house, I will just say… Read More ›

• Listen Up! Student Art Competition-Silent Dream of Square Books by Conor Hultman

  By Lolly Barnes on September 4, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Silent Dream of Square Books by Conor Hultman, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Columbus Square Books, under a cozy and comfortable façade, hold the history of human trials and triumph through corridors of the written word, past the covers… Read More ›

• New Deal in Mississippi: Greenwood Underpass, AKA Main Street Railway Bridge Crossing

  By Suzassippi on September 2, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and a Mississippi Landmark in 2010, the Main Street Railway Bridge hails from 1938, and a combined effort of the Mississippi State Highway Department and funding from the Works Progress Administration. … Read More ›

• Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Bay St. Louis & Waveland

  By Thomas Rosell on August 29, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database.  These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›

• Looking Back Katrina’s 9th Anniversary: Long Beach & Pass Christian

  By Thomas Rosell on August 28, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database.  These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›