- City:
- Laurel, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Landry & Matthes
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Calhoun school was constructed 1939 as project x1289. A PWA grant of $13,622 was approved 9/13/1938. Construction began 12/16/1938 and was completed 7/13/1939 at a cost of $28,909. Architects were Landry & Matthes. The school was demolished in 2007.
Source notes
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. (January 3, 1940).
Region No. 3 Mississippi. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 106.
Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database. Retrieved Oct.5, 2019 from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Any&County=Jones
PWA Aided in construction of 228 school buildings in state; Complete list given
Clarion-Ledger, Sep 25, 1939.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 5, 2019.
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