- City:
- Moss Point, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designers:
- Jr., Vinson B. Smith
Description
Moss Point, Mississippi’s Charlotte Hyatt Elementary School was constructed during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal funds. The “one-story building with brick and white mortar, cast stone, seven classrooms, an auditorium, a clinic room, an office and a boiler room” (Watson, nd) began construction after approval of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Moss Point issued $40,000 in school bonds and PWA provided the remainder of funds.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory database. Moss Point. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=226 Watson, C. (n. d.) National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Moss Point Historic District. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=226Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 27, 2014.
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Regina Sudduth Riser
My grandmother, Lottie Sudduth, was a principal at CHE for several years after teaching 1st grade there. Her assistant principal was Myrtis Gill.
I remember playing in the cafetorium after hours. My family stayed there during hurricane Camile in 1969.
My memories of the schools large hallways are vivid.
If you have records of her tenure there, I would love to know more.
I remember Mrs. Sudduth. I honestly can’t remember if she was a teacher or the principal. Mrs. Gill was my first grade teacher in the fall of 1967. I loved Charlotte Hyatt. I went there 1st through 3rd grade transferring to Kreole when the district rules were enacted.