- City:
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1939
- Contractor:
- Oden and Glenn
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Demonstration School was re-roofed by Gordon Van-Tine Company, and three dormitories were repaired and improved through PWA funds at Mississippi State Teachers College. Oden and Glenn were contractors, making general repairs and installing new toilets and bathroom facilities. Rear porches were screened, tile floors and marble bathroom walls were added to each of the six bath compartments in each of the two bathrooms per floor. The projects were funded for a total of $78,000.
Source notes
Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, Report No. 5. Region No. 3, Mississippi. (W1209 and X1359)January 3, 1940, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 105-106
Start S.T.C. Stadium Dec. 14: Building Contract Awarded. Dec. 10, 1938. Hattiesburg American, p. 1
S.T.C.: Inspect Repairs Next Week.
Hattiesburg American Aug. 23, 1939, p. 9
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on April 20, 2019.
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