10 Most Nomination Forms Available Download a nomination form for the 2009 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list by clicking here. Download Presentations from the 2008 Historic Preservation Conference Click here to download the presentations given by the conference speakers. Old Capitol Ornaments and Mississippi Note Cards For Sale Need a unique Mississippi gift?  Then purchase one of these great items and help support preservation in Mississippi!  Click here for ordering information. Mississippi's Favorite Architecture Calendars 2008 Calendars of the top 12 favorite buildings in Mississippi are now available for purchase from the Mississippi AIA chapter.  Click here for more information. Preservation Professionals Form In an effort to build a data base of professionals involved in preservation across the state MHT is soliciting the names of those involved in the preservation trade.  More information and a form to fill out is available by clicking here.
	"Mississippi Heritage Trust is an organization that seeks to protect Mississippi's irreplaceable cultural heritage - our towns and places, our sense of place that everyone recognizes as Mississippi, the place that inspired our literary greats, the place that is cherished by each Mississippian, and the place that is known throughout the world as a birthplace of creative genius." Ron Miller - Past President, Mississippi Heritage Trust

Help Save Church Street in Port Gibson!!

Beautiful historic homes, churches and trees are threatened by the expansion of Highway 61 along Church Street in the historic town of Port Gibson.  The Mississippi Department of Transportation has announced plans to widen sections of the street to increase the traffic flow for the highway which could have damaging impacts on the numerous historic structures and wonderful trees that border the street.  Click here to find out more information about the issue and how you can help Port Gibson preserve the historic character of Church Street through an on-line petition and letter writing campaign.

Click here to visit the Port Gibson Heritage Trust web site to learn more about this issue!

Plans for the Mississippi Heritage Trust in 2008

We have much planned for 2008 to build on our past successes and work already begun.  We hope you will join us in our efforts to preserve the pre-historic and historic cultural resources of Mississippi that are so important to our communities.  We had a successful preservation conference in Oxford in April and announced the 2008 Heritage Award winners.

Some of the planned work for 2008 includes:

• Continuing our work to restore and renovate the Flannegan - Lowry House for the new MHT office.
• Maintaining our Katrina efforts on the Gulf Coast and continuing our work with local, state, and federal officials to save as many of the remaining historic structures damaged by Katrina as possible. 
• Completing the expansion and upgrading of our web site to include more detailed information on our programs, activities, and preservation news from around the state. 
• Continuing our consulting projects all across the state including projects for Cleveland, Osyka, Como, Blue Mountain, and Columbia.  Projects include historic resource surveys, National Register historic district nominations, and Design Guidelines for historic districts.
• Continuing our work on the development of a Preservation Curriculum to be used in schools at the 4th and 9th grade levels across the state.

Flannegan - Lowry House

in Its New Home!

One of Jackson’s few remaining antebellum structures and home to a former Mississippi governor was moved in June of 2007 to its new site, a major step forward since work began by the Mississippi Heritage Trust in 2005 to save the historic structure.

The Flannegan - Lowry House, located on North Congress Street behind Baptist Hospital, is a circa 1850 Greek Revival raised cottage and former home of Mississippi Governor Robert Lowry (1882-1890). The house previously sat on a piece of land owned by Baptist Hospital and in the path of the hospital expansion. Because of the house's architectural and historical significance, the Mississippi Heritage Trust (MHT) worked with Baptist Hospital since 2005 to relocate the house about 300 feet south from its former location on North Congress Street to its new lot also on North Congress Street. Baptist Hospital donated the house to the Mississippi Heritage Trust and the new lot for the house. In turn, the MHT Board of Trustees committed to financing the relocation and restoration of the house for use as the MHT state headquarters.  

After the house was moved work on the foundation walls and piers began to support the house. The foundation work was completed in September of 2007.  The next step will be additional stabilization and repairs to the exterior of the house.  Architectural plans are in production for the restoration of the exterior and renovation of the interior. 

Click here for more information on the

Flannegan - Lowry House project and to see pictures

of the house before, during,

and after the move.

As a non-profit organization all that we do at the Mississippi Heritage Trust is a result of the financial support from our members and sponsors across the state, and from around the country.   So if you are not a member, please consider joining (just click on the Join Now button on any page) us in the fight to save the historic resources that make Mississippi unique!

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