Tales about Mississippi’s two iconic capitol buildings show up pretty regularly here on MissPres, and we set up this page to help ourselves keep track of all the posts. We hope you find this little crib note reference helpful too!
- Mississippi’s New Old Capitol (Feb. 8, 2009)
- Architect and Building Pics: Link and Barnes (Dec. 2, 2009)
- Overstreet’s Plan for the Capitol Complex (Dec. 22, 2009)
- Goodbye Old Capitol (Feb. 9, 2010)
- Some Early Sources About Mississippi Architecture (May 26, 2010)
- Architect Pics: William Nichols (Sept. 22, 2010)
- History of Art in Mississippi: Seats of Government (Oct. 28, 2010)
- Reflecting on the Old Capitol (Feb 9, 2011)
- French Merci Car Moves On Down the Line (June 14, 2011)
- USS Mississippi Past and Present (July 7, 2011)
- Old Capitol Follies (Oct. 11, 2011)
- Old Capitol Follies, Almost a Panic in the Senate (Oct. 28, 2011)
- To Be or Not To Be, That Was the Question (Feb. 9, 2012)
- Mississippi Unbuilt: 1897 New Capitol (April 3, 2012)
- Saving an Old and Venerable Friend: Theodore Link’s Old Capitol Report (Feb. 8, 2014)
- Mississippi Unbuilt: A Holabird & Roche Capitol (January 27, 2015)
The Story of Mississippi’s New Capitol
- Hiring an Architect (Jan. 25, 2010)
- Hiring a Contractor (Jan. 26, 2010)
- Git-R-Done (Jan. 27, 2010)
- Barnes and Link Report In (Jan. 28, 2010)
Critiquing the New Capitol Designs
- Part 1 (May 24, 2011)
- Part 2 (May 25, 2011)
- Bernard Green’s Unofficial Opinion (May 26, 2011)
Tale of Two Domes series
- Part 1 (Aug. 22, 2011)
- Part 2 (Aug. 23, 2011)
- Part 3 (Aug. 24, 2011)
- Finale? (Aug. 25, 2011)
- A Rosetta Stone and Truth About the Dome? (Sept. 6, 2011)
The Briber Gibson Bidding Scandal
- A Hustling Contractor and the Governor of Mississippi (May 22, 2013)
- Briber Gibson, the Hustling Contractor REVEALED! (May 24, 2013)
- A grand jury set for Briber Gibson (Oct. 2, 2013)
- J. E. Gibson: Attempted bribery stock in trade (Oct. 9, 2013)
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