Belinda Stewart Architects is proud to announce and invite you to the Grand Opening of The Showroom by BSA, a new branch of the firm to provide custom interior services to our widespread residential clients and locals in Downtown Eupora. We are also very excited to show off our newly renovated historic building in the […]
The 2025 BSA Summer Internship is officially in session! Please welcome (from left to right): Jo Aguilar, Williams Brotherton, Manus McCracken, JD Stephenson (a local Euporian!), and Emma Jordan (returning for a 3rd summer!). (Not Pictured: Anna Rives Gully) If you see them out and about, please welcome them to town! Many of our summer […]
We are so excited and honored to also announce that The Shop by BSA has received an Award of Merit for Rehabilitation from the Mississippi Heritage Trust! @msheritage This building was originally constructed in 1940 with dual entries facing Hwy 9 and Fox Ave, one of Eupora’s most visible street corners. The building was first used […]
The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Memorialization Project has been awarded the ‘Spirit of State Award’ at the SARC Alumni Awards, hosted by Mississippi State University. An excerpt from the jury comments: Physical expressions may be rich in history and meaning, communicating stories that tell us about ourselves and help us deepen understandings. Architecture that […]
Happy National Intern Day to our BSA interns! (L to R) Aidan Taylor – Interiors; Colin Finnigan – Intern Architect / Emmett Till Workshop; Lily Cate King – Interiors; Alston Brown – Architectural; Ellen Overstreet – Architectural; and Rich Friday – Intern Architect / Emmett Till Workshop Not pictured are Jayden Woullard and Evelyn Ramirez […]
Timed to what would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to designate the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, a multi-state national monument which includes the Tallahatchie County courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi; Graball Landing on the banks of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi; and Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, Illinois. This proclamation brings to reality an overdue national recognition of Emmett Till’s life and legacy, along with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who courageously catalyzed the American civil rights movement.
In January 2023, the Mississippi Department of Archives & History (MDAH) awarded more than $3.4M in preservation grants through the Community Heritage Preservation Grant (CHPG) program, funded by the Mississippi State Legislature. This grant program will assist nineteen preservation and restoration projects throughout the state.
On November 7, the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) announced the recipients of this year’s Building Fund for the Arts (BFA) Grant. BFA Grant funding “supports the much-needed repair, renovation, expansion, or construction of Mississippi facilities that serve as sites for year-round arts programming in their communities.” In FY2023, the Mississippi Legislature approved $3M for the […]
In September, Belinda Stewart Architects (BSA) was awarded a five-year Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Architectural & Engineering Services for the use of all Department of Interior (DOI) agencies and Forest Service (FS). Department of Interior agencies include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Forest Service, […]
To wrap up #PreservationMonth, below is a 3D rendering fly-through of the Lollar’s Grove schoolhouse in Webster County, Mississippi. The schoolhouse has been neglected for many years. Recently, our team measured the remaining structure and created this rendering for instructional purposes on historic/vernacular architecture at a local high school. Constructed in 1927, this charming two-room […]
We are thrilled to welcome four student interns to the BSA family this summer! Pictured above (from left to right) are Alexis Windham, Ethan Weinstein, TJ Cook, and Aidan Taylor, all from Mississippi State University’s College of Architecture, Art & Design (CAAD). Alexis Windham, a native of Picayune, Mississippi, is a 5th-year student in the […]
On January 21, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) board of trustees awarded $3M+ in grants through the Community Heritage Preservation Grant (CHPG) program. The CHPG program is funded by the Mississippi Legislature and assists preservation and restoration efforts on historic properties throughout Mississippi. We were pleased to see six of our client’s […]
