Date added: August 9, 2016; Modified: January 17, 2024
With Proclamation 2175, June 15, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Bienville National Forest in Mississippi. This proclamation was part of FDR’s overall effort to create more national forests in the eastern United States. As with other national forests,… read more
Date added: March 25, 2013; Modified: January 7, 2024
The post office contains a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural “Life in the Mississippi Cotton Belt,” painted by Auriel Bessemer in 1939 and installed in the Hazlehurst post office that same year. Bessemer was the son of Hungarian immigrants… read more
Date added: March 25, 2013; Modified: January 7, 2024
Hazlehurst’s Colonial Revival style post office is similar to many of the New Deal post offices constructed in Mississippi. The builder, Blair, Algernon Construction Company, was responsible for a large number of Mississippi post offices during that time. The building… read more
Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: December 20, 2023
“Lumber Region of Mississippi” was painted by Donald H. Robertson in 1940 under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was painted over in the 1970s.
Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: December 20, 2023
The Colonial Revival style post office was built in 1937-8. It contains a mural, “Lumber Region of Mississippi” by Donald H. Robertson.
Date added: October 20, 2019; Modified: October 4, 2023
The Works Progess Administration (WPA) renovated the old Magnolia High School (built in 1908) in 1938. This followed a lively debate over whether to upgrade or replace the old high school. A new high school had been approved in 1936… read more
Date added: October 14, 2018; Modified: July 24, 2023
The National Youth Administration (NYA) constructed a teacher’s home in Minter City between 1937-1939 as W. P. 5857 application #1102. The construction is documented photographically in the Series 2018 NYA scrapbook. Location of the building was determined from the map… read more
Date added: November 7, 2019; Modified: July 14, 2023
The armory for Yazoo City was funded by the WPA with a projected cost of $52,000. Located on the corner of Jackson Avenue and Twelfth Street, it was intended for use as the armory, auditorium, and other public use. The… read more
Date added: April 13, 2014; Modified: July 14, 2023
Multiple New Deal work relief agencies conducted work at the Mississippi State Capitol during the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) approached the Mississippi state government to put painters to work during the Great Depression. Taking color cues from… read more
Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: June 19, 2023
George Aarons’ three cast stone reliefs, “Development of the Postal Service,” were installed in 1939 in the then-new (and now former) Ripley, Mississippi post office. They were moved to the new post office in 1999 and installed on the back… read more
Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: June 19, 2023
The 1939 Colonial Revival-style post office was rehabilitated in 1999 and now privately owned; as of 2014 it was home to a communications company, though no longer. The company received a Heritage Award for Excellence in the rehabilitation of the… read more
Date added: April 15, 2023; Modified: April 15, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) of the Federal Works Agency funded the construction of the stately Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Date added: April 13, 2023; Modified: April 15, 2023
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Park Museum and Headquarters at the National Military Park inVicksburg MS. the building is currently vacant. “The 1934-35 PWA allotments provided for new combination administration/museum buildings in five eastern parks: Chickamauga… read more
Date added: February 5, 2015; Modified: April 13, 2023
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked to develop Vicksburg National Military park during the 1930s. Among other improvements they planted hundreds of trees and other vegetation in the park to to combat erosion.
Date added: December 19, 2014; Modified: March 12, 2023
Lorin Thompson painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “Legend of the Singing River,” in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. “The mural was damaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. The post office was later… read more