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• History of Art in MS: Churches (I)

  By ELMalvaney on May 9, 2012 • ( 7 )

  

  Well, this is embarrassing. In October 2010 I started a Book Quotes series from the valuable little book History of Art in Mississippi, published in 1929. After a week, I hadn’t made it through the chapter titled Architecture, and I… Read More ›

• Youth-led Community Development in Mound Bayou

  By Suzassippi on May 8, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  In an update of the historic preservation work going on in Mound Bayou, we focus this week on youth-led community development.  The idea is engaging youth in community development, including historic preservation and economic development.  Working with the City of… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 5-7-2012

  By JRGordon on May 7, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  I hope everyone is thinking about the different Historic Preservation Month related events that are on the calendar. Late April saw a slew of stories around the nation on the anniversary of last year’s tornado outbreak.  While most of these… Read More ›

• Progress in Haiti

  By Thomas Rosell on May 5, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Back in 2010 Malvaney ran a post entitled Paying it forward to Haiti.  Recently Architectural Record posted an article regarding the restoration of the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti which, once you’ve seen the images of the structure after the… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Imbrex

  By Thomas Rosell on May 4, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  Time for another MissPres Architectural Word of the Week.  As we move right along through the alphabet, you can check out our past words here.  Have you been keeping an eye out for these elements like I have?  While last… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, July 1964: Amory Middle School

  By ELMalvaney on May 3, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  The July 1964 edition of Mississippi Architect skips the editorial in favor of a notice about the AIA providing a speaker’s bureau to interested groups. Then it jumps straight to its highlighted Mississippi building, Amory Middle School, designed by Jackson… Read More ›

• A Few Preservation Month Activities Before It Gets REALLY Hot

  By ELMalvaney on May 2, 2012 • ( 3 )

  As you all no doubt know, May is Preservation Month. It is also Mother’s Day, and count this as fair warning to make your arrangements and avoid getting the infamous Mother’s guilt trip. But I digress. Below is a non-comprehensive… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: Hotel Alcazar, Clarksdale

  By Suzassippi on May 1, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  This is the New Hotel Alcazar, built 1914-15, in the Colonial Revival/Classical Revival style, another loser in the 101 Places contest.  The original Alcazar was built in 1895 on an adjoining lot.  The New Alcazar was intended to expand the… Read More ›

• Thoughts from the Statewide Preservation Conference

  By JRGordon on April 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

  News was light last week, so instead of a roundup I’m going to write about the Statewide Preservation Conference held on the Gulf Coast this past Thursday & Friday.  The Conference was a joint effort of Mississippi Heritage Trust, Mississippi… Read More ›

• Going Inside: First National Bank, Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on April 27, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  I can be pretty bold about taking pictures of historic buildings or just any building that I consider architecturally impressive, but one place I’ve never even tried to take a picture of is the inside of my bank, Trustmark Bank… Read More ›

• Wanted: Mississippi NHL Photos

  By ELMalvaney on April 26, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  The National Park Service has announced its annual National Historic Landmark photography contest on Flickr for 2012. For all you shutterbugs out there in MissPres territory, it’s a great time of year to get out and capture the essence of… Read More ›

• Update on the Burns “Belfry” Project in Oxford

  By Suzassippi on April 25, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  The plywood covering the windows and walls of the Burns Belfry Church has finally come down!  In October, the City of Oxford applied for a state grant (MDAH) to complete the restoration of the project–which has been in the works… Read More ›

• Suzassippi’s Mississippi: New Roxy Theater

  By Suzassippi on April 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Another nominee for the 101 Mississippi places was the New Roxy theater on Issaquena Street, Clarksdale.  Sadly, the New Roxy fared even less well than the Greyhound station, earning a mere 2 votes or .56% of the Delta poll.  The… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-23-2012

  By JRGordon on April 23, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Before I jump in to this week’s Roundup, I want to remind everyone that the Statewide Preservation Conference is this week on the Gulf Coast.  This is a year when Mississippi Heritage Trust gives out preservation awards, so I expect… Read More ›

• Rural Studio Tour in WSJ

  By ELMalvaney on April 22, 2012 • ( 1 )

  The Wall Street Journal’s article “Avant-Garde in Alabama” recognizes the work of Auburn’s Rural Studio in western Alabama. Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee, who founded the Rural Studio, was a Mississippian and had a practice here before Auburn drew him back to… Read More ›

• MissPres Architectural Word of the Week: Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shell

  By Thomas Rosell on April 20, 2012 • ( 16 )

  

  With this week’s word we will be launching from Hancock County’s Stennis Space Center to some out of this world shapes!  While our word is really a three-word phrase, it is the best way to describe some of our State’s… Read More ›

• What is Rock Lath?

  By Thomas Rosell on April 19, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  Have you ever seen a material attached to a wall that looked like drywall but maybe had some holes in it and possibly some plaster stuck to one side?  It’s possible you never have.  The material is called Rock Lath and… Read More ›

• Architectural Twins: Vicksburg’s Mystery Mission-Style Bungalows

  By ELMalvaney on April 18, 2012 • ( 11 )

  

  I love driving in the southern neighborhoods of Vicksburg, along Cherry and Drummond streets especially. The early twentieth century houses are stunning–some of the highest quality in the state in my opinion. The thing about driving a neighborhood instead of… Read More ›

• Greyhound Bus Terminal, Clarksdale

  By Suzassippi on April 17, 2012 • ( 18 )

  

  The Greyhound Bus Terminal in Clarksdale was nominated from the Delta region for the “101 Places in MIssissippi to see before you die” list.  It garnered only 3% of the Delta region vote, thus ensuring its place in the “Not… Read More ›

• New Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire!

  By ELMalvaney on April 16, 2012 • ( 7 )

  I fully intended to pronounce the winner of last week’s Name This Place Contest: The Doors edition on Friday evening while it was fresh on everyone’s mind. But first the siren song of crystal clear Spring weather called me outside… Read More ›

• Name This Place 9.5.3

  By ELMalvaney on April 13, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

• Name This Place 9.5.2

  By ELMalvaney on April 13, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

• Name This Place 9.5.1

  By ELMalvaney on April 13, 2012 • ( 10 )

  

  We’ve reached the final innings of this week’s Name This Place contest. Harry Caray has sung Take Me Out to the Ballgame, but there’s still game to be played. Yesterday, gstone grabbed the first post of the day, Lexington’s Asia… Read More ›

• Name This Place 9.4.3

  By ELMalvaney on April 12, 2012 • ( 12 )

  

• Name This Place 9.4.2

  By ELMalvaney on April 12, 2012 • ( 12 )

  

  This is my knuckleball for the week. Hint: These doors have been on MissPres before.

• Name This Place 9.4.1

  By ELMalvaney on April 12, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  New MissPreser Thomas grabbed the lead in this week’s Name This Place contest, correctly identifying the doors at both St. John’s Episcopal in Ocean Springs and the back entrance at Rosalie. For a while I thought I might have stumped… Read More ›

• Name This Place 9.3.2

  By ELMalvaney on April 11, 2012 • ( 7 )

  

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