Preservation in Mississippi

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• An All-Star Cast

  By Lolly Barnes on May 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Are you all signed up for the Listen Up! Historic Preservation Conference in Tupelo next month? An all-star cast of Mississippi’s most creative and innovative preservationists will share their extensive knowledge about how to make projects come alive in your neck of the woods.

• Architect Pics: Young N.W. Overstreet

  By Thomas Rosell on May 21, 2014 • ( 11 )

  

  Not only over “street”, but over two big feet he towers over everybody else. He hails from Eastabutchie, wherever that is. His entanglement with the clouds is his ever-ready excuse for being late. Hobby, using up any-body’s blueprint paper he happens to come across. Chief occupation, drawing.

• Mississippi by Air: Northeast Miss. Jr. College, 1958

  By ELMalvaney on May 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This photo was probably taken around 1950, as many of the buildings shown were built in 1948. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Mississippi_Community_College

• Say It With Me!

  By Lolly Barnes on May 15, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Listen Up! Historic Preservation Conference and Heritage Awards Luncheon is right around the corner! As you can imagine, we are all quite busy making plans for this fun get-together in Tupelo.  Of all the tasks on my list, the… Read More ›

• Newspaper Clippings: Hospitals in Every County

  By ELMalvaney on May 14, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  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 ›

• Mommy, where did all the kudzu come from? Highway Engineers, dear.

  By ELMalvaney on May 9, 2014 • ( 13 )

  

  This post is slightly off-topic, but it’s preservation-related because who among us hasn’t seen an old building in the process of being swallowed by kudzu? A friend sent me this article and I thought it deserved to have a new… Read More ›

• How Are You Celebrating Historic Preservation Month?

  By Lolly Barnes on May 8, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  I have some suggestions! Invite your favorite elected official to lunch. Wait until dessert to begin a gentle tirade about the importance of historic preservation. Attend one of the many fun and educational historic preservation programs taking place around the… Read More ›

• Modern Architecture Is Like An Oyster

  By Thomas Rosell on May 7, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  In honor of the closing of another oyster season I’d like to share an architecture & oyster book quote, along with some images from the 2009 National Register Nomination form of the Wiener House located in Jackson.

• Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Carrollton and Sardis

  By ELMalvaney on May 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This post is the eleventh and final in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also  Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg Oxford Jackson and Raymond Meridian

• Biloxi’s Preservation In May 2014 Events

  By Thomas Rosell on May 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  May is National Preservation Month!  For the seventh year the City of Biloxi, Biloxi Bay Chamber, Biloxi Main Street, Biloxi Public Schools, and the Local History & Genealogy Department of the Biloxi Public Library have teamed up to present the award-winning  Preservation in… Read More ›

• Mississippi’s Downtown Renaissance

  By Lolly Barnes on May 1, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Thinking of all our friends around the state who are picking up the pieces today from this week’s tornadoes. In honor of these great towns, where so many good things are happening, I thought I would share a story from… Read More ›

• Mississippi Time Travel

  By Thomas Rosell on April 30, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  If you are a Google maps user you may have noticed that Google finally took me up on my idea to make multiple generations of its street views visible.   (It’s scary to think if I say stuff loud enough in… Read More ›

• Round Buildings from the Air

  By Thomas Rosell on April 28, 2014 • ( 32 )

  

  If you haven’t already, please read today’s important  post regarding the recent MDAH Board of Trustees meeting. With several posts on the topic it may not be a surprise that I am a fan of satellite and aerial photography. I’ve… Read More ›

• Update on MDAH Board Meeting

  By ELMalvaney on April 28, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  In its Friday meeting, the MDAH Board of Trustees approved the demolition of Holtzclaw House and the Ross Building but tabled Eupora Gym’s de-designation request after a discussion that threw out Robert’s Rules of Order.

• Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Meridian

  By ELMalvaney on April 25, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  This post is the tenth in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also  Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg Oxford Jackson and Raymond

• A Laconic Gauntlet Thrown

  By Thomas Rosell on April 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The past several posts about the threats and losses of Mississippi’s nationally significant and valuable historic resources have been heavy content.  Today will hopefully be a break with some lighter fare, allowing us to recharge our efforts. Last week Malvaney unwittingly threw down… Read More ›

• Dark Days

  By Lolly Barnes on April 22, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  This Friday, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will consider requests to demolish two Mississippi Landmarks and delist another, which pretty much amounts to the same thing.

• Meridian’s Nationally Significant COFO Building Comes Down

  By ELMalvaney on April 21, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  Angie Barker of Meridian sent these sad pictures of Saturday’s demolition of the COFO building where Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman worked. To read more about the COFO Building and the recent unsuccessful effort to save it, read… Read More ›

• Happy Easter 2014 A.D.

  By ELMalvaney on April 20, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

• Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Jackson and Raymond

  By ELMalvaney on April 18, 2014 • ( 9 )

  

    This post is the ninth in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also  Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg Oxford

• Pass the Popcorn

  By Lolly Barnes on April 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Preservationists, pass the word (and the popcorn)-the long-awaited premier of Come Hell or High Water is finally here! Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek will air on WORLD Channel, on the series America Reframed on April… Read More ›

• Old Capitol Energy Efficiency

  By Thomas Rosell on April 16, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  In scouring the internet databases for unique and interesting things I ran across the New York Public Library’s George Arents Collection and its series of U.S. government and state capitol building cigarette cards.  The series is interesting because this captures… Read More ›

• A Harper Manhole Cover in Indianola

  By ELMalvaney on April 15, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Instead of doing my taxes, I spent time on April 14th organizing photos, and came across this one I took a year ago in Indianola: a “new” Harper’s manhole cover I had never noticed before. The concentric circles and the laconic… Read More ›

• Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Oxford

  By ELMalvaney on April 11, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  This post is the eighth in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also  Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast Vicksburg

• My New Favorite Song

  By Lolly Barnes on April 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I spend lots of time in my car, traveling from one beautiful historic Mississippi town to the next. As soon as I get in range of Hattiesburg, I switch to USM Radio-you never know what they are going to play, which is… Read More ›

• Mississippi Pilgrimage 1974–Vicksburg and the River

  By ELMalvaney on April 4, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  This post is the seventh in a series reprinting the Mississippi Pilgrimage booklet of 1974. See also  Natchez Holly Springs Columbus Woodville Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast

• Pack Your Bags for Tupelo

  By Lolly Barnes on April 3, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Are you a certified, card-carrying preservationist? Do you stop to hug historic churches, schools and the occasional water tower? Is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House your favorite movie? Then this year’s Listen Up! Historic Preservation Conference is the place for… Read More ›

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