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Name This Place 13.4.4

By W. White on April 11, 2019 • ( 14 )

The final post of this contest’s penultimate day. Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.4.3

By W. White on April 11, 2019 • ( 11 )

Please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.4.2

By W. White on April 11, 2019 • ( 9 )

Our second historic Mississippi building of the day, so can you Name This Place:

The Lindamood Building at the Palmer Home for Children in Columbus was yesterday’s first post which southside preservationist got two points for, as southside preservationist was the first person to name the building and city; Suzassippi, Carunzel, Mattie Abraham, and… Read More ›

Name This Place 13.3.4

By W. White on April 10, 2019 • ( 6 )

For the fourth time today, Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.3.3

By W. White on April 10, 2019 • ( 9 )

Please read The Rules of the contest and use these two images to Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.3.2

By W. White on April 10, 2019 • ( 12 )

Two photos have been provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.3.1

By W. White on April 10, 2019 • ( 17 )

In the first post of yesterday, Suzassippi increased her lead by two points for recognizing and providing some architectural history of the Old Merchants and Farmers Bank in downtown Meridian; though various other facts about the history could have been… Read More ›

Name This Place 13.2.4

By W. White on April 9, 2019 • ( 5 )

Our final place for the day with two photos provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.2.3

By W. White on April 9, 2019 • ( 10 )

Please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.2.2

By W. White on April 9, 2019 • ( 10 )

Two photos have been provided to make this place easier to name. So please read The Rules of the contest and Name This Place:

Name This Place 13.2.1

By W. White on April 9, 2019 • ( 6 )

A note before we get started with today’s parts of the contest. Please read The Rules of the contest and remember to leave your answers in the comment section on Preservation in Mississippi, not on Facebook or Twitter; answers left… Read More ›

Name This Place 13.1.4

By W. White on April 8, 2019 • ( 10 )

Our final place for today with two photos to aid in the naming.

Name This Place 13.1.3

By W. White on April 8, 2019 • ( 9 )

Name This Place 13.1.2

By W. White on April 8, 2019 • ( 13 )

Name This Place 13.1.1

By W. White on April 8, 2019 • ( 10 )

If you are just joining us, you have picked a great time. We are at the very start of the thirteenth edition of our Name This Place contest, wherein MissPres readers battle for the much-coveted title of Mississippi Preservationist Extraordinaire…. Read More ›

Name This Place XIII: Google Street View Edition is Starting on Monday

By W. White on April 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

Name This Place is a week-long contest run occasionally here on Preservation in Mississippi that allows MissPres readers to show off their knowledge of Mississippi’s historic architecture and bring out their competitive juices by competing to see which reader who correctly identifies the most historic… Read More ›

Waverley Back on Pilgrimage Under New Owners

By ELMalvaney on April 5, 2019 • ( 2 )

Columbus’ week-long Spring Pilgrimage wraps up this weekend, so you still have time to catch the awe-inspiring Waverley, with its octagonal cupola, thanks to new owners.

Mississippi Landmark Public Notices, April 2019

By ELMalvaney on April 3, 2019 • ( 2 )

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has recently added a new page, “Public Notice,” advising the public of potential new Mississippi Landmarks. Since this will, by definition change regularly, we’ll post anytime we see something new, but you (The… Read More ›

How Madisonia Came to Windsor

By ELMalvaney on April 1, 2019 • ( 13 )

The fourth post in the Madisonia Trilogy tells the story of Smith Coffee Daniel’s famous Windsor Exxon, a Corinthian columned masterpiece complete with a Coffeeteria in its center court.

HABS in Mississippi: Concord Quarters, Natchez

By ELMalvaney on March 28, 2019 • ( 6 )

Concord Quarters was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January, and I believe this is the first individually listed slave quarters building (apart from a main house) in Mississippi. That’s fitting, since Concord, the c.1790 home of… Read More ›

Tag Tuesday: 1820-1829

By ELMalvaney on March 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

Wherein we take a look at what was going on in the great big world of architecture in the 1820s. Rosalie (1823), Natchez, Mississippi This National Historic Landmark Federal-style house overlooks the Mississippi River on the bluff in Natchez. St…. Read More ›

Choose Your Pilgrimage

By ELMalvaney on March 21, 2019 • ( 1 )

Spring Pilgrimage season kicked off last weekend in Natchez, with its month-long open house, and at least four other Mississippi communities are celebrating pilgrimage in the next month. For a convenient calendar view, check out the MissPres calendar, always available… Read More ›

Natchez’ MLK Triangle: ‘Bookend’ for Redevelopment

By Suzassippi on March 19, 2019 • ( 3 )

This unpretentious little piece of real estate on the east side of downtown Natchez occupies a triangular section where M L King (formerly Pine) Street intersects with St. Catherine Street and Jefferson Street. This area has long been known as… Read More ›