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• Book Quotes: Southern Mantel and Tile Catalog

  By ELMalvaney on July 19, 2010 • ( 2 )

  

  I haven’t done a book quotes in a while, and I’m not sure this particular book qualifies, but I’ll say it does. A while back, I found a catalog published by the Jackson company Southern Mantel and Tile around 1908…. Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 7-16-2010

  By ELMalvaney on July 16, 2010 • ( 6 )

  

  Ok, I admit that I accidentally allowed my Clarion-Ledger subscription to lapse–that happened with my home insurance recently too, and it’s getting annoying–so I probably haven’t been keeping up with the news like I usually do, other than my Wall… Read More ›

• The Rebirth of the Old Pascagoula High School

  By Thomas Rosell on July 15, 2010 • ( 7 )

  

  Today I’m happy to announce another new author to the MissPres universe. T.J. Rosell will bring his coastal perspective to bear on the discussion, and has a special interest in the construction trades and materials. Thomas, as he is also… Read More ›

• Hey, haven’t I seen you before?

  By ELMalvaney on July 14, 2010 • ( 3 )

  

  A while back, in the middle of our frigid winter, I posted about two architectural twins I had run across in travels around the state, schools based on plans published in the early 1920s by the state department of education… Read More ›

• Spreading Seeds of Beauvoir Everywhere

  By ELMalvaney on July 13, 2010 • ( 8 )

  

  I spent more than I normally do to buy this postcard outright off of eBay recently–it’s the Mississippi Building at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, and as you can see, at least from this vantage point, it’s a… Read More ›

• Unsheathing the Past…The Checkered History of the Walthall Hotel

  By Tom Barnes on July 12, 2010 • ( 11 )

  

  Jackson’s Walthall Hotel opened its doors in the spring of 1929. Named for Confederate General Edward Cary Walthall, the hotel opened as an eight story building on Jackson’s bustling Capitol Street, just a few steps away from the Governor’s Mansion…. Read More ›

• 1930s Industrial History in Natchez

  By ELMalvaney on July 9, 2010 • ( 13 )

  

  If there was much going on in the news this week, I either didn’t catch it or was not interested enough to tag it for a news roundup. One article from last week, however, was newsy enough for me to… Read More ›

• Why you should never put Dryvit on your building

  By ELMalvaney on July 8, 2010 • ( 4 )

  

  I know it kind of looks like stucco, but underneath that little thin layer, it’s STYROFOAM. Why would you cover your building in styrofoam??

• Mississippi Architect: Hinton Hall, Perkinston Junior College

  By ELMalvaney on July 7, 2010 • ( 7 )

  

  The latest in our ongoing series re-printing the 2-year run of Mississippi Architect from 1963 through 1965. Today’s article is the feature in the April 1963 issue. As always, you can view the full issue, which includes articles on non-Mississippi… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect: April 1963

  By ELMalvaney on July 6, 2010 • ( 18 )

  

  Last month we ran the inaugural issue of the Mississippi Architect, published by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from March 1963 through March 1965 under the editorship of Jackson architect Bob Henry. Editorial advisors in this… Read More ›

• Blog Roundup

  By ELMalvaney on July 5, 2010 • ( 11 )

  Since many of the lucky ones are off work today to recover from too much fun/food in the sun yesterday, it might be the better part of valor for me to just do a post catching y’all up on interesting… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 7-2-2010

  By ELMalvaney on July 2, 2010 • ( 1 )

  Well, other than an ongoing gusher of oil spilling into our Gulf, destroying wildlife, killing my redfish, fouling beaches and marshes, and an early-season hurricane washing it all in faster, what else has been going on in our Magnolia State… Read More ›

• Now-angry buildings were once carefree mid-century moderns

  By ELMalvaney on July 1, 2010 • ( 6 )

  

  Yesterday’s picture of the former Petroleum Building in Jackson brought out the inner-Modernists in all of us, a fun jaunt back to a time when colorful buildings were considered not only fashionable but suitable for the headquarters of an oil… Read More ›

• Building in Disguise

  By ELMalvaney on June 30, 2010 • ( 19 )

  

  Tons of MissPres brownie points to whoever can identify this building in downtown Jackson. Hint: It’s very well disguised.

• William Faulkner and Preservation, part two

  By jackdelliottjr on June 29, 2010 • ( 5 )

  

  In the work of William Faulkner—in its resonances of history, place, and memory—I have found much to help me understand my own relation to history and place. In the hope that it will be of interest to those involved in… Read More ›

• William Faulkner and Preservation, part one

  By jackdelliottjr on June 28, 2010 • ( 8 )

  

  In the work of William Faulkner—in its resonances of history, place, and memory—I have found much to help me understand my own relation to history and place. In the hope that it will be of interest to those involved in… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 6-25-2010

  By ELMalvaney on June 25, 2010 • ( 0 )

  It’s the last Friday of a hot and steamy Mississippi June, which means it’s time for another news roundup. Things have been hopping out there, so let’s get started. An update on the ongoing renovations of the “Lil’ Red Schoolhouse”… Read More ›

• What’s going on at the Naval Reserve Center?

  By ELMalvaney on June 24, 2010 • ( 17 )

  

  Well, I’ve been in denial about the Naval Reserve Center and the tales of partial demolition for an MDAH records center. For one thing, the project made no sense from an economic perspective: why would you spend $4 million to… Read More ›

• Virtual Worlds and Preservation

  By ELMalvaney on June 23, 2010 • ( 7 )

  The summer issue of The American Scholar arrived in my mail slot a day late. You might wonder why I receive a publication called The American Scholar. Well, I am American, so one out of three ain’t bad. I was… Read More ›

• Mississippi Architect: First Federal Savings & Loan, Jackson

  By ELMalvaney on June 22, 2010 • ( 5 )

  

  Still in the inaugural issue of Mississippi Architect, March 1963, which we introduced with Bob Henry’s first editorial, about the architectural profession, yesterday. Today we’ll pass along the first building profile, which I love for many reasons: it’s an R.W…. Read More ›

• Introducing Mississippi Architect

  By ELMalvaney on June 21, 2010 • ( 7 )

  

  Today will be the first of a long-running series reprinting the editorials and articles from the short-lived but important Mississippi Architect, published by the Mississippi chapter of the AIA from March 1963 through March 1965. Those of you who keep… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 6-18-2010

  By ELMalvaney on June 18, 2010 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve had a busy week, and just as I sat down to write this News Roundup, my neighbor came over and sat with me chatting on my front porch for two hours straight, which was great fun, but I apologize… Read More ›

• Checking in on Ocean Springs

  By ELMalvaney on June 17, 2010 • ( 4 )

  

  This post is a bit of catch-up from a quick trip I took to Ocean Springs right before my trip to France–I forgot that I hadn’t posted the pictures I took that day of three important repair and rehab projects… Read More ›

• Newspaper Clippings: Taborian Hospital

  By ELMalvaney on June 16, 2010 • ( 13 )

  

  As you may recall from Monday’s post, I mentioned that the same African American architectural firm that designed the Carnegie building at Mississippi Industrial College, McKissack & McKissack, also designed the Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, opened in 1942. The… Read More ›

• Petition to Landmark River Road in Lawrence County

  By ELMalvaney on June 15, 2010 • ( 13 )

  

  I received a request from Mr. Bo Bourne of the Preserve River Road group down in Lawrence County to spread the word about an online petition they’d like interested MissPresers to sign. This petition will be presented to the Mississippi… Read More ›

• Not just another post about Mississippi Industrial College

  By ELMalvaney on June 14, 2010 • ( 19 )

  

  Lots of people responded to last month’s post documenting the continuing and accelerating decline of Catherine Hall and the other landmark buildings at the old Mississippi Industrial College campus in Holly Springs, now owned by Rust College. One person who… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 6-11-2010

  By ELMalvaney on June 11, 2010 • ( 6 )

  Summer’s heating up as it always does in Mississippi, and as always, we seem surprised by how hot and muggy it all is. Just think, only three or four more months and it will be in the 80s. The heat… Read More ›

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