Dixie Pine Community Center – Hattiesburg MS

City:
Hattiesburg, MS

Site Type:
Community Centers, Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a community center for the Dixie Pine community in 1936. Dixie Pine had 1000 residents and no public building for social activity. The center hosted many dances for the Camp Shelby soldiers through the WPA Recreation Project. The center was in use occasionally as a polling location for elections in 1977 when it was destroyed by fire.

Source notes

Community Center Built. (Aug 12, 1936). Clarion-Ledger, p. 8.

Natchez Democrat. (Aug 23, 1936). p. 13.

The Newton Record. (Sep 17, 1936). p. 1.

Quartermasters Dance Tonight. (Feb 25, 1942). Hattiesburg American, p. 11.

Hattiesburg American. (Aug 4, 1977). p. 2.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on July 3, 2020.

Location Info


James Street
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401
Forrest County

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 31.2971753, -89.272668

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