Edgar Lucian Malvaney is identified as the architect for the enlargement of the Coffeeville school administration building in 1938 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory). As part of the school complex, it looks like it was used… Read More ›
Let’s take a look at what’s going on in Mississippi’s preservation world this mid-May as the magnolias blossom, the humidity begins to drip, and the cicadas fill the air with their love-sick hum. In Tupelo, the Daily Journal reports that the National… Read More ›
Note: I’m not an expert in dating postcards, so this date is just my best guess. If you have something better, let us know in the comments. See other Mississippi Streets: 1920s Yazoo City 1910s Vicksburg 1950s New Albany
Per MDAH’s website: Nearly $75K in Preservation Grants Awarded The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded grants totaling more than $74,000 to sixteen preservation projects in Certified Local Government communities across the state. The 2015 CLG grants are… Read More ›
As we celebrate the Sixth year of existence for Misspreservation.com we look back on some of our favorite and poignant posts. This post originally debuted in January of 2010, fifty years after the construction of the Bruce Goff-designed Gryder House in Ocean Springs…. Read More ›
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a proper news roundup, so we have lots to catch up on (or “on up which to catch”?). A couple of stories and videos in the last few weeks have kept us updated… Read More ›
Pike County’s seat of government has a number of interesting 19th-century buildings, and, as Suzassippi has shared here, a 1930s post office with not one but three murals. There’s enough to catch the eye that maybe these two Craftsman bungalows,… Read More ›
LINK SUCCUMBS TO BRIEF ATTACK AT BATON ROUGE ————– Funeral of Distinguished Architect Will Be Held at St. Louis ————– BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. 12 — Death of Theodore Link, architect for the new Louisiana State University and Greater Agricultural… Read More ›
It’s that time of year to prepare nominations for the annual Best of the South award, given by the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians to the best preservation or restoration project in the South. Mississippi has been… Read More ›
(Biloxi’s) 8th Annual “Preservation in May” Thursdays, May 2015 Various times and locations in Biloxi In observance of May being National Preservation Month, each year the City of Biloxi, Biloxi Bay Chamber, Biloxi Main Street, Biloxi Public School District, USM, and Local… Read More ›
Today’s post is a follow-up to the previous Mid-Century Mississippi post about the opening of Jackson’s new jet airport in 1963. It’s a follow-up even though it was written a year earlier than that grand opening, because it shows the… Read More ›
The Southeastern Architectural Archives at Tulane University’s exhibit on bungalows is coming to a close next month. If you have not had a chance to see the exhibit and will be in New Orleans on a weekday before May 20th,… Read More ›
Mississippi Foundry and Machine Company is located at 300 West South Street, Jackson. I was introduced to the building on Urban Decay. The painted sign “Ironworks” on the end of the building threw me for a loop, so it took… Read More ›
If you were in downtown Jackson last week, you might have noticed that the scaffolding on the New Capitol got significantly higher, and by Tuesday had covered the very top, where the golden eagle perches. What’s going on up there?… Read More ›
Since we’ve been in Hattiesburg the last two days, why not just finish out the week with a look inside Cook Library at the University of Southern Mississippi, c.1960. Cook Library was designed by Biggs, Weir & Chandler and built… Read More ›
On our last Missisisppi Craftsman post, Thomas Rosell noted the pipe railing on one of Biloxi’s Lameuse Street bungalows and mentioned a house in Hattiesburg “that takes use of pipe rails to an extreme.” I’m pretty sure he was referring… Read More ›
You might already be in town for the MHT conference, or you’ll be heading that way this morning. Either way it should be a busy two days with all the sessions planned. Some of my favorite places will be part of… Read More ›
Midway through 2009 I stumbled across the Preservation in Mississippi blog. I have always been interested in old buildings and photographing them. After another year of lurking around as a hanger-onner-wannabe I finally ventured out of my comfort zone and… Read More ›
Today’s will be a Cliff’s Notes version of the News Roundup, since I spent the weekend planting flowers and other growing things instead of doing important news gathering. The Natchez Democrat reports that Arbuthnot’s Grocery, a rural store built in… Read More ›
Yesterday’s Name This Place finale brought such a flurry of activity and point-getting that as I began writing this post, I still wasn’t quite sure who the winner was. Congratulations to several new contestants who entered the ring and grabbed… Read More ›
Read The Rules, and be the first to Name This Place.
Read The Rules, and be the first to Name This Place.
Today’s three posts will determine our winner of this week’s Name This Place contest. Yesterday, Suzassippi ID’d the Tupelo One-Hour Martenizing Cleaners sign, and moved into her first lead of the week. But later in the day, all we heard… Read More ›
Once again yesterday, I failed to stump you eagle-eyed MissPresers, although I came close on the last post of the day, Abraham Lincoln School in Leland, which took Suzassippi an hour and a half to identify. Competition was hot and… Read More ›
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