Preservation in Mississippi

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• A Tale of Two Domes, Part II

  By ELMalvaney on August 23, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  We’re on the 2nd day of a 4-part adventure into the ins-and-outs of the Arkansas Capitol project, courtesy of guest author Blake Wintory, in order to gauge the veracity of the claim that the dome on Arkansas’ Capitol is in… Read More ›

• A Tale of Two Domes: Mississippi and Arkansas

  By ELMalvaney on August 22, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  A few months ago, Blake Wintory, director of Lakeport Plantation Museum–which because it’s just across the river from Greenville makes him an honorary Mississippian–e-mailed me with a question that kind of blew my mind. He asked if I knew that… Read More ›

• Preserving Ranch Houses

  By ELMalvaney on August 20, 2011 • ( 3 )

  Although not really a new concept in the preservation world, the interest in preserving ranch houses and other mid-century buildings caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal in “Plain, Common . . . and Historic?.”

• When Concrete Blocks Were the Latest Fad, Part 2

  By ELMalvaney on August 19, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  In yesterday’s post, we learned about Vicksburg’s first concrete block building, the Bonelli Building on Washington Street. Mr. Bonelli’s idea apparently caught on quickly because within a few months, a Vicksburg contractor, J.W. Mann, had set up a plant to… Read More ›

• When Concrete Blocks Were the Latest Fad, Part I

  By ELMalvaney on August 18, 2011 • ( 8 )

  

  Recently during my microfilm tour of the 1905/1906 issues of the Vicksburg Post in search of something completely different, I stumbled on two articles that detailed the establishment of Vicksburg’s concrete block industry, and remembering our own Thomas Rosell’s posts… Read More ›

• New Hope for Prospect Hill?

  By ELMalvaney on August 17, 2011 • ( 19 )

  

  I interrupt this promised all-Vicksburg-themed week with an announcement I think is important enough to jump in unexpectedly. Yesterday, Jessica Crawford, the Southeast Regional Director of The Archaeological Conservancy, sent me this press release announcing the Conservancy’s recent purchase of… Read More ›

• Mid-Century Modernism in Downtown Vicksburg

  By ELMalvaney on August 16, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  Since yesterday’s first post was about the Vicksburg Poll Results and since the next two days’ posts are about concrete block in Vicksburg, I figured why not just make a week of Vicksburg? Back in the Spring when it was… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 8-15-2011

  By JRGordon on August 15, 2011 • ( 16 )

  

  This week’s Roundup makes me feel like I’m in a bad sequel to a previous summer blockbuster film like Jaws: The Revenge.  Okay, so maybe comparing it to one of the worst films ever made exaggerates this week’s news a… Read More ›

• Vicksburg Poll Results

  By ELMalvaney on August 15, 2011 • ( 7 )

  

  As you know, the Vicksburg poll, open the last two weeks, closed on Friday around midnight. Ok, I admit I actually closed it on Saturday morning, but not because I went to bed early, it was because I was out… Read More ›

• NHL Photo Contest

  By JRGordon on August 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The National Park Service is giving everyone one more chance to enter photos in their 2011 NHL Photo Contest on Flickr.  They say: Due to confusion over the process for entering the 2011 NHL Photo Contest, we will be reopening… Read More ›

• Time to Go to Meeting

  By ELMalvaney on August 12, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Back in the day when school didn’t start at the beginning of August, late July and August meant camp meeting time. The Vicksburg Post took note of this over a hundred years ago. CAMP MEETINGS IN FULL BLAST The camp… Read More ›

• Penn Jeffries Krouse in Pearl River

  By ELMalvaney on August 11, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Today’s post is the second of a two-part series about the life and work of Meridian architect P.J. Krouse by guest author Mark Clinton Davis, reprinted from July 2011 issue of The Reporter of Pearl River County. If you’d like… Read More ›

• Architects of Mississippi: Penn Jeffries Krouse

  By ELMalvaney on August 10, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  The July 2011 issue of  the newsletter of the Pearl River County Historical Society, The Historical Reporter of Pearl River County, featured a long article about the life and career of yet another once-prominent but now mostly unrecognized Mississippi architect, P.J…. Read More ›

• Saving 33rd Avenue High School

  By Thomas Rosell on August 9, 2011 • ( 21 )

  The Sun Herald has a positive report on the efforts of the 33rd Avenue High School Alumni Association and MDAH to restore the once segregated Gulfport high school.

• MDAH Announces New Round of CHP Grants!

  By ELMalvaney on August 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  After some uncertainty about whether there would be a round of the popular Community Heritage Preservation Grant this year, MDAH has announced on their website that there is a small pool of money available on a competitive basis. The Community… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 8-8-2011

  By JRGordon on August 8, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

  Summer has really heated up in the Magnolia State, and we have a few really hot stories in the news this week.  A quick reminder before we dive into the news, don’t forget that the Vicksburg Poll closes on Friday…. Read More ›

• Charleston Cruise Ship Debate

  By ELMalvaney on August 6, 2011 • ( 4 )

  The Wall Street Journal discusses the controversy in Charleston over the enormous cruise ship now calling the city its home. Unfortunately but predictably, the comments show how this local but significant debate, which should be about the sometimes uncomfortable interplay… Read More ›

• Halfway through the Vicksburg Poll

  By ELMalvaney on August 5, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  With 281 votes at the halfway point, there are few surprises in the Vicksburg poll so far, with the Old Courthouse holding a clear lead. After the roller-coaster ride some of these regional polls have taken us on, I’ll take… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, Feb 1964: Gulf Towers, Biloxi

  By ELMalvaney on August 4, 2011 • ( 17 )

  

  Gulf Towers, a high-rise apartment building in Biloxi, was the featured Mississippi building in the February 1964 issue of Mississippi Architect. It might be hard to remember now, but back in 1964, before Camille and of course before Katrina, the… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, February 1964: It’s All About Perspective

  By ELMalvaney on August 3, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  As sometimes happens in the Mississippi Architect magazines–produced by the Mississippi chapter of the AIA from March 1963 through March 1965–we can see in hindsight today themes common to both the locally produced editorial and one of the nationally produced… Read More ›

• The Hostess House and the Female Architect (…and Mississippi)

  By Thomas Rosell on August 2, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  During the time of war many organizations provide relief services to troops and their families.  World War One was no exception, and while most of these programs were strictly social aid there were a few brick and mortar projects.  The… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 8-1-2011

  By JRGordon on August 1, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Just a handful of preservation related stories from around the state to share this week – so this roundup will be shorter than most.  After you all read up on these stories, perhaps you want to spend some time contemplating… Read More ›

• Old Windows Find Following

  By Thomas Rosell on July 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  An article in the New York Times discussing the growing movement to retain old windows.

• 101 MissPres Places: Vote in the Vicksburg Poll

  By ELMalvaney on July 29, 2011 • ( 1 )

  July is just too hot to think, so we took a little break from our on-going polling for the 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die list. We started building the list with readers’ suggestions back in December and now we’re… Read More ›

• MDAH Announces Grants Awarded to Civil Rights Sites

  By ELMalvaney on July 28, 2011 • ( 2 )

  The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced the recipients of the Mississippi Civil Rights Historical Sites grant on their website this week. These applications were due back in the Spring (I thought for sure I had announced them here… Read More ›

• Lamar County Courthouse, Bless Its Heart

  By ELMalvaney on July 27, 2011 • ( 12 )

  

  JRGordon’s mention of the planned renovations of the Lamar County Courthouse in Monday’s News Roundup gave me the perfect opportunity to jump back into blogging after lounging about while Susassippi and JR took over the last couple of weeks. A few… Read More ›

• Cumbest Bluff Water Tank

  By Thomas Rosell on July 26, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

  About 15 miles north of Pascagoula on Highway 63, sits the community of Cumbest Bluff.  Simon Cumbest(1755-1820) who first settled on the Pascagoula River in 1799 was the progenitor of the Mississippi Cumbest clan.  Cumbest Bluff gained its name in 1832 when John… Read More ›

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