Our publication series is off to a good start. Although funding is limited (I’m guessing most Americans can relate), our excitement and hopefulness runs high for 2013! Out now and available is our first printed edition of Volume One – Historic Courthouse Architecture of Mississippi. Most of the hardbacks are sold, while we have about 50 paperbacks still in inventory. We are working on a few edits before we go to a second printing of only hardbacks. We’ve uncovered a few additional images and information since the first printing a few months ago, so look for an improved cover design as well as two multi-page illustrations of original drawings by the courthouse architects.
This volume one on Mississippi is about 130 pages and sells for $55 plus tax (hardback) and $40 plus tax (paperback). A sample 8.5×11 page follows below:
We view each volume of Historic Courthouse Architecture as a brief catalog or an abbreviated encyclopedia where each county is organized in a simple format for both amateurs and professionals to enjoy. These are, so far, documents unlike any others to date – only one exists for MS and it’s not colorful or nearly as informative; we don’t believe Alabama ever had a courthouse book published. Within these pages continues a journey into the past, through the present, and towards the future. Both historic and contemporary images are sure to surprise and inspire the further exploration of the mysterious places of the “Old South” or the “Old Southwest”. Our research and photographic essays illustrate the extraordinary intellect and work ethic of those American pioneers of the 18th and 19th centuries. These early town planners of America sought for and achieved an academic excellence in civic architecture & art that many argue is lost today.
Order your copy(s) today, and pre-orders of the Alabama book have begun – it should be ready by summer/fall of 2013. Email us at tracy@benchmarkward.com for ordering directions as the process keeps evolving….thank you!