- City:
- Lorman, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Carl L. Olschner & Edgar Lucian Malvaney
- Contractor:
- Flint-Jordan Construction Company
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
PWA approved project X1373 for a college dormitory for the HBCU Alcorn State University 9/16/1938. Construction began 12/18/1938 and was completed 8/19/1939. The Colonial Revival brick building is extant and remains in use. Architects Carl L. Olschner and Edgar Lucian Malvaney designed the dormitory and Flint-Jordan Construction Company erected the hall. The cost was $63,636.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory 021-ALC-008-NRD-ML. Retrieved June 2, 2021 from: https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Alcorn&County=Any
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 106
PWA aided in construction of 228 school buildings in state; Complete list given. (Sep 25, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 6, 2021.
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