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Gymnasium (former) – Meridian MS

The two-story red-brick former gymnasium was constructed by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later the PWA) in 1936-1937. It retains its original massing and pedimented parapet. It was renovated in 1964 to become a first floor library and… read more

Project type: Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Libraries, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Public Works Funding

Macon City Hall – Macon MS

The small, one-story, red-brick Colonial Revival building was constructed as Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the PWA) Project Miss. 1366-F. It is part of the Macon Historic District. Mississippi architects P. J. Krouse and L. L. Brasfield,… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Meridian High School – Meridian MS

The “Stripped Classic, Art Moderne” (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) 2 story brick with limestone trim building was completed for a construction cost of $591,489 and project cost of $688,195 (Short & Stanley-Brown, 1939, p. 216). The project also… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

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