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• Something You May Not Know About the Natchez Malt Shop

  By ELMalvaney on October 29, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  You probably read with horror, as I did a couple of weeks ago–in fact, I think my co-workers heard a long anguished “NOOOOOOO!!!” from my office–that a car smashed into the Malt Shop in Natchez, destroying pretty much the whole… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Undercut Gallery

  By Thomas Rosell on October 26, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

• Get Your Own Vicksburg Military Park Guide!

  By ELMalvaney on October 25, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  With the amazing fall weather we’ve been having this month, you might be getting fall fever, ready to head outdoors and see the world. If so, now is a great time to head over to Vicksburg for a day trip… Read More ›

• Cemetery Conservation Workshop

  By JRGordon on October 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Got an email about this event late last week – and our friends at some of the sponsoring organizations asked us to share it with the MissPres world. For all our grave finders out there who have wondered how to… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Pontotoc County Courthouse

  By Suzassippi on October 23, 2012 • ( 15 )

  

  Pontotoc County’s Neoclassical courthouse–a joint venture between Mahan & Broadwell of Memphis and a young N. W. Overstreet–was constructed in 1915, facing the old courthouse which stood on the town square (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory).  After… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-22-2012

  By JRGordon on October 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Now that our latest Name This Place is done, it’s back to our regular routine around MissPres – which means our Monday morning news round up.  Here’s what’s been going on since our last one: First, news out of Natchez… Read More ›

• Name This Place 10 – The Results

  By JRGordon on October 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Oops – I meant to post the results Friday night – but the evening and then the weekend got away from me. Friday’s Name This Place photo was a great source of our Word of the Week Terms. It was… Read More ›

• Name This Place 10.5

  By JRGordon on October 19, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  It’s the last day of our latest Name This Place! Yesterday, we had the iconic Illinois Monument in the Vicksburg Military Park (1906, William Le Baron Jenney as the architect – although I think if anyone had ventured to the… Read More ›

• Name This Place 10.4

  By JRGordon on October 18, 2012 • ( 14 )

  

  Yesterday was an interior shot of Hawkins Junior High in Hattiesburg.  1951, N.W. Overstreet & Associates as the Principal Architect.  The atrium space has a very cool Mushroom Capital column and is a good use of Terrazzo in the floor… Read More ›

• Name This Place 10.3

  By JRGordon on October 17, 2012 • ( 10 )

  

  Well, I didn’t fool anyone again yesterday. Yesterday was the Chapel of Memories at Mississippi State.  1966, Dean & Pursell and featuring Flemish Bond in the alter details. ThomFred thought it was a softball and quickly IDed the building.  CRPIII… Read More ›

• Name This Place 10.2

  By JRGordon on October 16, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  I pitched a hanging curve yesterday that was knocked out of the park by you savvy MissPresers. Yesterday was the Citizen’s National Bank building in Meridian. 1968, Richard B. Clopton and featuring a Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shell design with it’s roof. … Read More ›

• Name This Place: 10.1

  By JRGordon on October 15, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  And we’re off:

• Name This Place 10.0: Architectural Word of the Week Edition

  By JRGordon on October 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been a little while since we’ve done our little online gameshow Name This Place. Last time, Thomas took home the honor of *Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire* with his knowledge of doors. At the end of the week, we’ll know who… Read More ›

• King Cotton Sr. and Jr.

  By ELMalvaney on October 12, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  As a way of bidding adieu to the State Fair, which closes this weekend, I bring you two items from fair-like events of the past, both taking the phrase “Cotton is King” literally.

• Restoring Picayune’s Disappeared WPA Mural

  By ELMalvaney on October 11, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  Mark Davis of the Pearl River Historical Society has posted articles on MissPres before, notably two biographical sketches of architects, P.J. Krouse and Clair M. Jones, and their lasting effect on Pearl River County. He’s back today with a fascinating… Read More ›

• William Hollingsworth Architectural Tour

  By ELMalvaney on October 10, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  The Mississippi Museum of Art will be holding an architectural tour in Jackson exploring the real-life places that artist William Hollingsworth portrayed: Thursday, October 25, 2012 Jackson Then and Now 4:30 PM cash bar 5:30 PM trolley leaves Museum This… Read More ›

• Architects’ Homes: Carl E. Matthes Sr., Biloxi

  By Thomas Rosell on October 9, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  We’ve featured several architects’ homes here on MissPres, with the most recent being the Jackson residence of Emmett J. Hull.  Today’s featured residence might be the first house featured that is neither still standing, nor was built by the architect… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-8-2012

  By JRGordon on October 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Next week is a contest week on Miss Pres – and the only advice I can give is to make sure you’ve brushed up on your Words of the Week. But since we’ll be skipping the round up next week,… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Terrazzo

  By Thomas Rosell on October 5, 2012 • ( 16 )

  

  This week’s word is brought to you by the letter T as defined by William J. Hornung’s Architectural Drafting:

• River Road Fish Fry!

  By ELMalvaney on October 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  In case you missed Walt Grayson’s Look Around segment last weekend about the River Road Historic District, you should head over to WLBT and check it out. You may recall that the River Road in Lawrence County was listed on… Read More ›

• Architects’ Homes: Emmett J. Hull, Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on October 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Nestled in the middle of Jackson’s Belhaven neighborhood is the home of Emmett J. Hull (1882-1957), an early twentieth-century architect who was part of one big building family: son of Francis B. Hull nephew of W.S. Hull, cousin of Edgar L. Malvaney Oh,… Read More ›

• State Fair Time Rolls Around

  By ELMalvaney on October 2, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  The annual state fair begins tomorrow in downtown Jackson, continuing a tradition started in 1858, but picked back up in 1903 in the Old Capitol, which had been recently vacated for the New Capitol. Over the next few years, the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 10-1-2012

  By JRGordon on October 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Not a lot of preservation news around the state in recent weeks – so I have a short roundup to start your October. We’re going to start in Greenville.  One of our last roundups had a story about their new… Read More ›

• Vacation Postcards: Naaman’s Motel, Greenwood

  By ELMalvaney on September 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Splendid Cafe, Gulfport

  By ELMalvaney on September 27, 2012 • ( 14 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Magnolia Motor Hotel, Vicksburg

  By ELMalvaney on September 26, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Hotel Lamar, Meridian

  By ELMalvaney on September 25, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

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