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Charnley-Norwood Restoration Wffis Best-Of 2014
The Charniey-Norwood house broke from the Victorian residential tradition of vertically and smaller rooms with a more open footprint and design that allowed abundant natural light into the space.
The Department of Archives and History was honored for its work on a nationally significant Gulf Coast residence. The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians presented MDAH and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources with their 2014 Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture award for the restoration of the Charnley-Norwood House in Ocean Springs.
The house was designed for timber baron James Chamley in 1890 by two of the United States’ most influential architects, Chicago’s Louis Sullivan—“the father of the skyscraper”—and his lead draftsman Frank Lloyd Wright—“the father of modem architecture.” The vacation cottage was destroyed by fire in 1896 and immediately reconstructed by the new owner Frederick W. Norwood.
The privately owned home was nearly destroyed again more than a century later when Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2005. Teams of preservation professionals from across the country descended on the Gulf Coast to help identify and save significant structures. Under MDAH’s oversight, they helped document the house and salvage significant portions of the building from the wreckage. By 2009 teams had completed an emergency stabilization of the property. In 2011 a federal Coastal Impact Assistance Program grant allowed the property to be purchased by the State of Mississippi, and funds from the federal Hurricane Relief Grant Program for Historic Preservation administered by MDAH made possible the restoration.
“The restoration of the Charnley-Norwood House is an exceptional example of architectural research, documentation, stabilization, restoration, and preservation,” said Ruben Acosta, SESAH Best of the South awards committee chair. “This multi-year project was an enormous collaborative effort between state agencies, national preservation organizations, architects, researchers, and local government. Not only did the project result in the preservation of a unique property, but it also served to expand the field of American architectural history by addressing a key part of the development of modem residential architecture at the end of
the nineteenth century. This project represents the highest standard of preservation, and it is a true, back-from-the-brink story.”
The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is a regional chapter of the national Society of Architectural Historians that includes twelve states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
A documentary on the restoration of the Charnley-Norwood House is on the MDAH Youtube channel at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=RGvDnkkE79Y.
Civil War in State Theme of Conference
As sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War draw to a close in 2015, the Mississippi Historical Society will examine the role Mississippi played in the Civil War at its annual meeting in Corinth, March 5-7. Presentation topics will include the Battle of Corinth, Unionism, life on the homefront, and slavery.
On Friday, March 6, John F. Marszalek will deliver the banquet address “Ulysses S. Grant and His Place in Mississippi—
Then and Now.” Marszalek is the executive director and managing editor of the Ulysses
S.	Grant Association and the Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Mississippi State University. He is the author or editor of thirteen books and more than 300 articles and book reviews.
At the Friday luncheon Susannah Ural, the Blount Professor of Military History at the University of Southern Mississippi, will present “The
Beauvoir Veteran Project.” Ural is co-director of USM’s Dale Center for the Study of War & Society. She is finishing her fourth book, Hood’s Boys: John Bell Hood’s Texas Brigade and the American Civil War (LSU Press).
A Civil War Corinth Tour is scheduled for Friday afternoon. The winner of the McLemore Prize for best book will be announced at the Friday banquet. The Bettersworth Award for outstanding history
teacher and other awards will be presented Saturday, March 7, at the awards luncheon.
Rooms are reserved for Thursday evening, March 5, and Friday evening, March
6,	at the Hampton Inn, 2107 Highway 72 West in Gorinth, 662-286-5949. When making reservations, be sure to specify the MHS rate of $89 plus tax per night.
For more information call 601-576-6849 or email mhs@ mdah.state.ms.us.