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Designer: A. H. Town

Ackerman High School – Ackerman MS

Ackerman High School is a 2-story Art Moderne building dating to 1941. Currently closed, the school was PWA Project Miss. 1156.

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

Armory (former) – Meadville MS

The National Guard Armory in Meadville was designed in an Art Moderne style by architects N W Overstreet and A H Town. It was constructed by the WPA in 1938. It is currently in use by the Franklin County School… read more

Project type: Armories, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bailey Magnet High School – Jackson MS

Bailey Magnet High School (1930s)

Originally Bailey Junior High School, this historic building is “two stories and a basement in height and, due to sloping site, part of the basement is entirely above grade. The basement contains locker and shower rooms, a cafeteria, kitchen, club rooms,… read more

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

Carrie Stern Elementary School – Greenville MS

The Georgian Revival style elementary school completed September 9, 1939 was described that year as a “school of tomorrow” by the Democrat-Times. The interior was primarily Art Deco and Streamlined Moderne (MDAH) to reflect modern ideas of teaching. Funded by… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Church Street Primary School – Tupelo MS

The Church Street School is an “ultra-modern” design that has been described as “…one of the best examples of the Moderne style of architecture in Mississippi” (Enzweiler, 1991). The building is constructed of concrete, as were other Moderne schools designed… read more

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

Columbia High School – Columbia MS

PWA project 1212 in Mississippi, the two-story, reinforced concrete building “…may be the best early example of the International style in the state and attracted national attention when it opened” (Mississippi Department of Archives and History). It was featured in… read more

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

Elementary School (former) – Benoit MS

The 1936 elementary school was Pubic Works Administration project 1002. Total cost of the school with the auditorium and gymnasium was $61,631. Architects Overstreet and Town designed the facility in an Art Deco style and Joe Barras provided a bas… read more

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

Gymnasium – Shelby MS

This two-story gym, Miss. Proj. 1144D, was constructed by the PWA in 1939. The gym remains in use.

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

High School (former) Additions – Canton MS

Public Works Project Mississippi 110 enlarged the Canton High School. The addition added a gymnasium with stadium seating, 11 classrooms, library, study hall, dark room, music room and recital hall, club room, clinic, principal’s office, restrooms, athletic director’s office, janitorial… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Holmes County Jail – Lexington MS

The Art Moderne jail was constructed in 1936 as Public Works Administration (PWA) project #1019 (Baughn). The estimated cost was $24,528, $10,000 of which was funded by the PWA (New correctional facility). The building no longer serves as the county… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety, Penal Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Iberia Parish Courthouse and Jail – New Iberia LA

The modernist Iberia Parish Courthouse was undertaken in New Iberia, Louisiana during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The three story, Art-Deco style building had white stucco walls and was completed… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Leland Elementary School – Leland MS

The Leland Elementary School was designed by N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town, and was constructed in 1935 as part of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the PWA). The building complex illustrates the simplicity of… read more

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

Madison-Ridgeland High School Annex – Madison MS

Architects N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town designed a 2 story, buff brick structure to serve as the gymnasium for the existing high school. It was connected to the earlier school with a 1 story walkway. Funded by the… read more

Project type: Gymnasiums, Education and Health
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

National Guard Armory (former) – Amory MS

The Works Progress Administration financed the construction of a national guard armory and rifle range for Amory. Architects N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town designed the building, “expected to exceed $56,000 and take 12 months” (Daily Clarion-Ledger, Oct. 6,… read more

Project type: Armories, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Pace Consolidated School Gymnasium – Pace MS

The Public Works Administration (PWA) project W1067 was “to build, equip school addition” (PWA Projects, 1935, p. 10), an Art Deco gymnasium for the Pace Consolidated School. The project received a $20,000 loan and a $16,515 grant and was approved on September… read more

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

Rankin County Jail (demolished) – Brandon MS

The two-story jail was completed in 1936 for a total cost of $27,453. Public Works Administration provided a grant of $12,310 and Rankin County provided the remainder through a bond election. The project, W1159, was approved November 14, 1935, and… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety, Penal Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Public Works Administration (PWA)

School Administration Building Addition – Oakland MS

The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works built a School Administration Building Addition in Oakland MS. The addition to the Oakland 1909 school was project 1317, approved 8/12/1938 for a grant of $19,018. Architect was N. W. Overstreet and A…. read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Shaw Gymnasium – Shaw MS

Constructed in 1940 in the Delta community of Shaw.

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Tunica Penal Farm – Tunica MS

The concrete, one-story building was constructed in 1934 at a then-cost of $11,000, of which the county furnished $4,000 and the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) furnished the remainder. The structure was designed by A. H. Town and N. W…. read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety, Penal Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Vocational Building – Shelby MS

The one-story building was Proj. Miss. 1305. It is still standing at the coordinates below.

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

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