- City:
- Jackson, MS
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- R. W. Naef
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Georgian-Revival building that houses the MS FWC is owned by the state of Mississippi and was constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The state has the right to terminate the lease on the “highly valuable piece of land” on which it sits. Concern has been expressed among some historic preservationists that the changes may present a threat to the building at some point in the future.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson Historic Resources Inventory. National Register of Historic Places, Hinds County, Mississippi. Gates, J. E. (March 13, 2015). State may consider selling Women's Club headquarters. The Clarion-Ledger online. Gates, J. E. (March 24, 2015). Senator: No plans to sell Women's Club building. The Clarion-Ledger online.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 27, 2015.
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