Preservation in Mississippi

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• Vacation Postcards: Nelva Courts, Meridian

  By ELMalvaney on September 28, 2011 • ( 11 )

  

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

• Vacation Postcards: Hill’s Motel, Picayune

  By ELMalvaney on September 27, 2011 • ( 12 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past. Dec. 23, 1950. “Thurs. Stayed here Tues. night and got to New Orleans yesterday. Rained hard all afternoon and today. Drove miles all over this town…. Read More ›

• Vacation Postcards: Great Southern Hotel

  By ELMalvaney on September 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

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

• Where Have All The Buzzards Gone?

  By ELMalvaney on September 23, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  I came across this fun little historical nugget a while back while reading through the 1906 Vicksburg Post on microfilm, but I’ve been sitting on it for just the right occasion. Since today is Friday and I’m already mentally on… Read More ›

• Traveling by Trolley in Mississippi: Gulfport – Biloxi

  By ELMalvaney on September 22, 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  Today’s post is Chapter 3 in our series re-printing Frank Brooks’ “Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Stories about Streetcars.” View other posts in the series at the “Streetcars” tab. You might also be interested in comparing the streetcar map for… Read More ›

• Architects of Mississippi: Clair Maurice Jones

  By ELMalvaney on September 21, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  You may recall Mark Davis’ guest posts last month about Meridian architect P.J. Krouse, re-printed from the original publication in the Pearl River County Historical Society newsletter, The Historical Reporter. This month, Mark has outdone himself, introducing us to Clair Maurice Jones, who was… Read More ›

• At least in a pinch you could eat the cheese

  By ELMalvaney on September 20, 2011 • ( 11 )

  

  Well it’s been over a year since my last rant about Dryvit and why I think it should be banned as an exterior building material. But seriously folks, why do we even need to have this discussion? It would be like having… Read More ›

• Mini News Roundup 9-19-2011

  By JRGordon on September 19, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Not a lot of news this week – but Roundup will be taking next week off and I didn’t want to hold these for that long. NBC station WTVA reported that the Cates-Gaither Home in Fulton – commonly known as… Read More ›

• Going Inside: St. Dominic’s Chapel

  By ELMalvaney on September 16, 2011 • ( 10 )

  

  A while back, reader Gary E. Magee commented on an old post about Jackson architect Tom Biggs that one of Bigg’s designs, the chapel at St. Dominic hospital, is slated for demolition in a planned expansion of the adjacent emergency area…. Read More ›

• Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Greenville

  By ELMalvaney on September 15, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

  Today’s post is Chapter 2 in our series re-printing Frank Brooks’ “Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Stories about Streetcars.” View other posts in the series at the “Streetcars” tab. ———————————————————— Judging from the information I was able to gather, Greenville’s… Read More ›

• Old Capitol’s Mystery Architect Revealed! (somewhat)

  By ELMalvaney on September 14, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Our friend Blake Wintory, he of the popular Tale of Two Domes series a few weeks ago, sent me an intriguing advertisement he came across while looking through The Chicot Press, the Lake Village, Arkansas newspaper. In the January 17, 1861 issue,… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 9-13-2011

  By JRGordon on September 13, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  The nicer temps last week made me yearn for Fall – and I hope the weather is nice for all of us to plan trips to Fall Pilgrimages that are on the calendar and/or to see places likely to end… Read More ›

• Golden Triangle Poll Results

  By ELMalvaney on September 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Not surprisingly, our old friend Waverley came out on top in the Golden Triangle poll, which closed Friday night after a two-week run. What was a surprise was the relatively low turnout, with a total of 422 votes, fewer than… Read More ›

• Hurricane Damage to New England’s Covered Bridges

  By ELMalvaney on September 10, 2011 • ( 1 )

  New England’s famous covered bridges took a beating from the inland flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. Read about it in the Burlington Free Press and the New York Times and watch video of one bridge that weathered the storm.

• Going Inside: War Memorial Building

  By ELMalvaney on September 9, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  Perhaps the only good thing that might come out of the Feds recent abandonment of the amazing and sophisticated Eastland Federal Building (1933) in downtown Jackson for their clumsy and overbearing new courthouse is that in the future the public… Read More ›

• Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Columbus

  By ELMalvaney on September 8, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  In 1916, the Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company was operating at its height. The company was a system whose railway division included 5 miles of track and 14 cars.

• Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi

  By ELMalvaney on September 7, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  MissPres has run three posts about streetcar lines in Mississippi, in all of which we bemoaned the lack of information or tangible evidence of these once dominant local transports. In “Mysterious Case of the Missing Streetcar Lines,” I reprinted a list… Read More ›

• A Rosetta Stone and Truth about the Dome?

  By Thomas Rosell on September 6, 2011 • ( 19 )

  

  I hope y’all all enjoyed a relaxing Labor Day weekend with the welcome deluge of rain from Tropical Storm Lee after a long hot summer. While MissPres universe was on vacation, I was thinking about the series of posts by… Read More ›

• Halfway Through the Golden Triangle Poll

  By ELMalvaney on September 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The Golden Triangle poll is open only one more week. At the halfway point, with 387 votes, Waverley holds the lead, as it should, in my exceptionally humble opinion. If you haven’t voted yet, head on over and cast your… Read More ›

• Is it Fall yet?

  By ELMalvaney on September 1, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Now that we’ve gotten rid of that horrible August, we can begin looking forward to fall in Mississippi, when the temperatures fall into the low 90s and the trees decide there’s no use pretending like they’re enjoying this anymore so… Read More ›

• “Because for instance the Meridian Hotel is much older, we feel it’s best to tear it down”

  By ELMalvaney on August 31, 2011 • ( 17 )

  

  Back in June’s “Rumblings and Bumblings from Meridian” I noted some rumors about the possible demolition of downtown Meridian’s Meridian Hotel, built in 1910 as one of the first “skyscrapers” in Meridian, and an anchor of the downtown historic district… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 8-30-2011

  By JRGordon on August 30, 2011 • ( 8 )

  A lot of the news this past week focused on the East Coast and Hurricane Irene – which made me (and probably a lot of you as well) remember that the Katrina anniversary was yesterday; hence no post in memory… Read More ›

• Memorial at Ground Zero

  By ELMalvaney on August 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  While we’re all watching Irene slide up the East Coast, you might want to read up on the memorial at Ground Zero in New York City, now reaching completion in preparation for its opening on September 12. The Chicago Tribune’s… Read More ›

• MissPres 101 Places: Golden Triangle Area Poll

  By ELMalvaney on August 26, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  While y’all continue to mull over this week’s series about the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol domes, why not cast a vote or two in our Golden Triangle poll? As you know, we’re working our way through the regions of the… Read More ›

• A Tale of Two Domes, Finale

  By ELMalvaney on August 25, 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  Today, guest author Blake Wintory concludes his fascinating examination of the two similar domes atop the Mississippi and Arkansas capitol buildings. If you are just joining us, jump back to the beginning and read from the beginning because it’s a… Read More ›

• A Tale of Two Domes, Part III

  By ELMalvaney on August 24, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

  Today marks the third in this week’s four-part examination by guest author Blake Wintory of the strange and twisted tale of how the Mississippi and Arkansas Capitol domes came to look so similar. If you missed the last two days,… Read More ›

• Earthquake Damage at DC’s National Cathedral

  By ELMalvaney on August 23, 2011 • ( 3 )

  Photos of damage to the National Cathedral in Washington DC from today’s earthquake in the Atlantic Monthly.

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