Partners in Preservation

Partners in Preservation

Mississippi Department of Archives and History representatives visited in mid June with MSU President Mark E. Keenum, center, to discuss the field school partnership the state agency and university have at Historic Jefferson College in Adams County. The program gives students in MSU’s historic preservation graduate program hands-on learning millwork experiences with doors, windows, moldings and mantles as MDAH rehabilitates the site’s eight buildings for use as an interpretive center and preservation

Photo by Grace Cockrell

Mississippi Department of Archives and History representatives visited in mid June with MSU President Mark E. Keenum, center, to discuss the field school partnership the state agency and university have at Historic Jefferson College in Adams County. The program gives students in MSU’s historic preservation graduate program hands-on learning millwork experiences with doors, windows, moldings and mantles as MDAH rehabilitates the site’s eight buildings for use as an interpretive center and permanent preservation field school. Pictured are, from left, Angi Bourgeois, MSU College of Architecture, Art and Design dean; and MDAH’s Tommy Goodwin and Robert Benson, deputy directors; Meredith Massey, historic preservation deputy director; Molly West, agency consultant; and Barry White, historic preservation director.