- City:
- Collinsville, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Collinsville school was Public Works Administration project w1106. Constructed with a $10,000 loan and $8,181 grant, the project was approved 10/24/1936. Construction began 1/11/1937 and was completed 6/12/1937. In a 1999 interview with Collinsville resident Malcolm Moore, Moore reported “CCC boys built the brick school building that stands today” (Harrison, p. 152). The building is in use today as a private industry following further consolidation and close of the school in the 1960s.
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. 105.
Public Work grants still being made. (Oct, 26, 1936). Greenwood Commonwealth, p. 8.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 9, 2019.
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