- City:
- Greenville, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designers:
- A. H. Town, N. W. Overstreet
- Contractor:
- Coleman and Brett
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
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 the city and PWA funds, estimated cost was $151,000.
Source notes
City Elementary School Praised: 'Finest Job Anywhere' says PWA official. (November 17, 1939). The Delta Democrat-Times, p. 1
Carrie Stern Elementary School. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory database.
Smiling young pupils preview Greenville's "School of Tomorrow". (September 3, 1939). The Delta Democrat Times, p. 9.
Report No. 5. Status of completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division. Mississippi, January 3, 1940, p. 106.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 13, 2016.
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Timothy Shoemaker
Evan Kalish
The address is Greenville, Mississippi, but the coordinates and map show it just north of Greenville, South Carolina.
Thanks, Timothy. That’s embarrassing, and it’s now been fixed!