Preservation in Mississippi

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• Stepping on Jackson, Mississippi in NOLA

  By ELMalvaney on April 21, 2011 • ( 19 )

  

  Last week, while y’all were having fun trying to win the Name This Place contest, I was down in New Orleans slaving away. Well, I have to be honest, I was spending my free time and even some of my… Read More ›

• Lawrence County’s River Road Listed

  By ELMalvaney on April 20, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  As some of you may recall, last June we ran a post about the efforts of a group in Lawrence County to get their historic river road designated as a Mississippi Landmark. (Actually, as it turns out, the group was… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-19-2011

  By JRGordon on April 19, 2011 • ( 8 )

  So far, I have not seen any stories about major storm damage to historic buildings from this latest round of tornadoes – and I hope that continues to be the case as the reports keep coming in.  Unfortunately, we still… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7: Results!

  By Thomas Rosell on April 18, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

  In the final day of last week’s Name This Place contest, martin seigrist was able to correctly identify the Administration Building on the campus of the University of South Mississippi.  W. White shared a plethora of information including the building’s… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.5.2

  By Thomas Rosell on April 15, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

• Name This Place 7.5.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 15, 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  We’ve made it all the way to Friday but the fun isn’t over yet.  W. White took a strong lead the first day and has continued to battle it out with JRGordon and martin seigrist  for first.  But don’t let… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.4.2

  By Thomas Rosell on April 14, 2011 • ( 11 )

  

• Name This Place 7.4.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 14, 2011 • ( 14 )

  

  Well we are past the half way point this week but with plenty more posts to come it’s any reader’s game! martin seigrist was able to identify the columns of the Lyceum designed by William Nichols on the Ole Miss… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.3.2

  By Thomas Rosell on April 13, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

• Name This Place 7.3.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 13, 2011 • ( 12 )

  

  In yesterday’s posts, martin seigrist took the first points by correctly identifying the First Baptist Church in Canton.  JRGordon identified the building’s architect as R.H. Hunt, while W. White picked up a point for calling out other Mississippi buildings designed by… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.2.2

  By Thomas Rosell on April 12, 2011 • ( 5 )

  

• Name This Place 7.2.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 12, 2011 • ( 10 )

  

  In yesterday’s first post, W. White became our first leader with two points by correctly identifying the capitals of the Old Capitol in Jackson and its architect William Nichols.  JRGordon followed up with information regarding the construction and subsequent restorations… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.1.2

  By Thomas Rosell on April 11, 2011 • ( 14 )

  

• Name This Place 7.1.1

  By Thomas Rosell on April 11, 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  If you’re just joining us, you’ve picked a great time. We’re at the very start of our Name This Place: Capitol Edition contest, wherein MissPres readers battle for the much-coveted title of Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire. At the end of the… Read More ›

• Name This Place 7.1: It’s all in the details.

  By Thomas Rosell on April 11, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Mississippi is known for its buildings with big white columns.  Houses,  Churches, Banks, and Courthouses, can be found all across the state employing every order imaginable.  But just how recognizable are these buildings when only looking at the columns?  Well… Read More ›

• Central Poll Results

  By ELMalvaney on April 10, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m taking the liberty of posting on Sunday because this coming week, beginning tomorrow, we have a whole new round of our popular but lately neglected Name This Place contest. This time we’re offering a whole new twist, and I… Read More ›

• A Mystery: Which building(s) were “The Fairgrounds Motel”?

  By ELMalvaney on April 8, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  After yesterday’s post about the Agriculture and Industry buildings on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds, a new MissPreser Catherine sent me a couple of links she found on the internet that bring the confusion over which buildings were the ones used… Read More ›

• Balancing Industry with Agriculture

  By ELMalvaney on April 7, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  I was wandering around the Mississippi State Fairgrounds on a beautiful Sunday afternoon recently and saw that one of the twin buildings standing at the Jefferson Street front of the fairgrounds is named “Agriculture” and the other one is named… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, Nov. 1963: LaRue Residence, Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on April 6, 2011 • ( 27 )

  

  Today’s post from the November 1963 issue of the Mississippi Architect introduces us to a house I’ve never seen and don’t even know where it is to look for it. The information presented locates it on a “private lake north… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect, Nov. 1963: We Build With Confidence (and Cool New Materials)

  By ELMalvaney on April 5, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  In his editorial for the November 1963 issue of Mississippi Architect, Bob Henry sets forth a little history of the architectural profession in Mississippi, not only showing the increasing professionalization of the state’s architects but the large numerical growth after… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-4-2011

  By JRGordon on April 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  There’s just one week left to get your votes in for the Central Poll.  If you’ve already used up your votes at home and work, then it’s time to spread the word to others to do the same.  And I… Read More ›

• 101 MissPlaces–Halfway through the Central Poll

  By ELMalvaney on April 1, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  One week into the two week poll for the central part of the state (from Canton to Carrollton and points in between), it’s time to check in on what’s happening. After an initial spurt on Friday and Saturday, things have… Read More ›

• Architectural Twins–Jackson Bungalows

  By ELMalvaney on March 31, 2011 • ( 8 )

  

  Well, when I wrote my first post on architectural twins, I certainly didn’t expect it to become an on-going series, but I think this might be the fourth post on that theme, which means it was meant to be a… Read More ›

• Newspaper Clippings: Leflore County Courthouse (1904-05)

  By ELMalvaney on March 30, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  I spent a little time at the state archives this weekend scrolling through the microfilm newspapers. It was packed Saturday morning, and competition was fierce for the two remaining microfilm copiers in service. One thing I’ve learned in my years… Read More ›

• Historic Places, Models, and Maps

  By ELMalvaney on March 29, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Sometimes I get stuck in a rut on the internet, visiting only the few sites that are part of my routine. Then out of the blue, I find out that people have been working like busy bees on this other… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-28-2011

  By JRGordon on March 28, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  If you’re not into “March Madness” (or if the bracket you filled out for the office pool was shot after the first round), don’t forget that MissPres has our own version going on with the latest voting round to whittle… Read More ›

• Polling in the Center

  By ELMalvaney on March 25, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  We’ve polled in three of the four corners of the state (Natchez, Coast, Northeast), so I figure it’s time to move back to the center. Today, we’ll open the poll for what I think of as the Yazoo Bluffs region–Carrollton,… Read More ›

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