

Show me 

 square andri 

 show you 

 a soul. 



Architect Robert 

 Parker Adams 

 considers Mississippi's 

 courthouse squares. 



iut on the 

 bypass and the 

 edge of town 

 you'll always find the 

 discount stores and burger bams, 

 symbols of growth and what some would 

 call progress. But if you're searching for 

 the elusive Southern soul, set your watch 

 back a generation or two and head 

 straight for a courthouse square. 



The old men are still there on the 

 magnoha-shaded benches, whittling 

 and talking hke their fathers before 

 them. The day's topic may be poHtics 

 or the upcoming flea market or crafts 

 show. Or Friday night's showdown 

 against the gridiron warriors from a 

 county away. 



The shopkeepers still sweep the 

 sidewalks in front of the stores where 

 business is done on a personal level. 

 The dark drama of misdeeds and justice 

 is played out in the Greek Revival 

 courthouse, the focus of the community. 



The scale of Mississippi's courthouse 

 squares isn't architectural. It's human. 



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