Preservation in Mississippi

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• Should Preservationists Require That New Buildings Look New?

  By ELMalvaney on December 1, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  Should preservationists require new buildings in historic districts to appear new, rather than mimicking the design vocabulary of the older surrounding buildings? Ronald Lee Fleming argues in “Preserve and Protect” that it’s time to re-think this approach, and “Long march of… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Y-Tracery

  By Thomas Rosell on November 30, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week! If you want to check out any previous word you can do that here. As always our example photographs come from the MDAH Historic Resources Database. This week’s word is typical… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, October 1964: I.T.T. Kellogg Plant, Corinth

  By ELMalvaney on November 29, 2012 • ( 7 )

  

  The October 1964 edition of the Mississippi Architect features an industrial building in Corinth, designed by John L. Turner.

• Borrowing Market Research

  By Thomas Rosell on November 28, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  You may or may not have noticed that MissPreservation.com does not run ads and this post is not an endorsement of any product or service.  But that doesn’t stop me from being interested in the workings of marketing and how… Read More ›

• Burns “Belfry” Church Update

  By Suzassippi on November 27, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  Work is continuing to move forward on the former Burns Methodist Church in Oxford.  The …brick vernacular Gothic Revival church with two asymmetrical front corner towers…(Mississippi Department of Archives & History/Historic Resources Inventory) was constructed in 1910 on the edge… Read More ›

• Christmas, historic places, caroling, what more can you ask for?

  By ELMalvaney on November 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Something about the traditions and nostalgia of the Christmas season seems to go hand-in-hand with getting out and seeing our historic places around the state dressed up and ready for visitors

• Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For

  By ELMalvaney on November 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  100 Men D.B.A. Hall as seen in “Bay St. Louis has a New Blues Trail Marker“

• Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For

  By ELMalvaney on November 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  As seen in “To Natchez and Back“

• Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For

  By ELMalvaney on November 21, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Drew Grain Elevator as seen in “Quaker Oats in the Delta“

• Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For

  By ELMalvaney on November 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  As seen in “Pigeons To Pearls . . . The King Edward Flies Again“

• Mississippi Places We’re Thankful For

  By ELMalvaney on November 19, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  As seen in “Jackson’s Fondren Neighborhood: Historic and Hip“

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Witch Door

  By Thomas Rosell on November 16, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week! If you want to check out any previous word you can do that here. As always our example photographs come from the MDAH Historic Resources Database. This week’s word might sound… Read More ›

• Big doings in the Hub City

  By Thomas Rosell on November 15, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  Right now two major adaptive reuse projects are underway in Hattiesburg. Two “skyscrapers,” the Carter & Ross buildings are being converted into loft apartment and retail space. I don’t think downtown Hattiesburg has had this much growth since these buildings… Read More ›

• Art and the Soldier, Finis

  By ELMalvaney on November 14, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Third in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II soldier art from Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.

• Keesler at Dusk: More from Art and the Soldier

  By ELMalvaney on November 13, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Second in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II soldier art from the book Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.

• Veterans Day 2012

  By ELMalvaney on November 12, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  First in a Veterans Day series highlighting the World War II murals at Keesler Field shown in the book Art and the Soldier, Keesler Field, Mississippi, published in 1943.

• Disaster Reports from the East Coast

  By ELMalvaney on November 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  I’ve been on the lookout for reports about damage to historic places on the East Coast from last week’s Sandy and only in the last week has word started to trickle out. Overall, although Sandy affected millions of people, the… Read More ›

• Architects’ Homes: Carl E. Matthes Jr., Hattiesburg

  By Thomas Rosell on November 8, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  In the last feature of “Architects’ Homes” we saw Carl Matthes Sr. remodeled home in Biloxi; with today’s featured residence we get to see the house that his son lived in and quite possibly designed.  Carl E. Matthes Jr.‘s (1927-1964)… Read More ›

• Help Found a Mississippi Chapter for Classical Architecture

  By ELMalvaney on November 7, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  If you’re on Facebook like the Whole World seems to be, maybe you’ve noticed the page for the Mississippi chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture. If not, you might want to check it out, and maybe commit to come… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: What does the First Baptist Church in Pontotoc have in common with the First Methodist Church in Batesville?

  By Suzassippi on November 6, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I might have missed the First Baptist Church of Pontotoc but for a fortuitous decision to walk to the back of the courthouse and photograph the courtroom.  On turning around, I spotted the dome behind the post office, and noted… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-5-2012

  By JRGordon on November 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Lots of long faces for fans of Mississippi’s college football programs – but maybe a round-up with good preservation news will help offset the disappointing results of Saturday’s games. Going to start out up in the Northeast part of the… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Vermiculated & Vomitory

  By Thomas Rosell on November 2, 2012 • ( 19 )

  

  Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week! If you want to check out any previous words you can do that here.  As always we have some of our example photographs come from the MDAH Historic Resources Inventory Database…. Read More ›

• Newspaper Clippings: Walthall Hotel When It Was New

  By ELMalvaney on November 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I hate to see the Walthall Hotel in downtown Jackson still closed and wonder what lies in its future. The Clarion-Ledger ran an article last week “Let’s make a (hotel) deal” about the building being in receivership: “It (looks) better than… Read More ›

• Heritage Trust Searching for New Director

  By ELMalvaney on October 31, 2012 • ( 1 )

  You may recall that David Preziosi recently left his post as executive director at the Mississippi Heritage Trust for a similar position at Preservation Dallas. MHT has recently posted a job announcement to fill their vacant position. Maybe you’ve been… Read More ›

• “Ghosts of Ole Miss” on ESPN

  By ELMalvaney on October 30, 2012 • ( 2 )

  If you’re looking for a break from the Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy coverage tonight, check out ESPN’s “Ghosts of Ole Miss” about the 1962 football season in the midst of violence over integration: “In the fall of 1962, James Meredith walked onto… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Old Pontotoc Post Office

  By Suzassippi on October 30, 2012 • ( 16 )

  

  A few weeks ago, Mark Davis’ Restoring Picayune’s Disappeared WPA Mural  not only provided a great story about the Picayune Post Office WPA mural, but included some wonderful photographs of other WPA post office murals.  Not long after that, I found myself… Read More ›

• Historic Cemetery Tours 2012

  By Thomas Rosell on October 29, 2012 • ( 2 )

  If you ‘re looking for some spooky fun with a historical twist this week you are in luck.  Four cemeteries in Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area are offering tours with grave side re-enactments.  To learn more about the Biloxi,… Read More ›

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