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Elementary Building – Carriere MS

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

The elementary building was part of 11projects undertaken in Pearl River County in 1937. The school building was projected to cost $14,000. Projects included bridges, buildings at Pearl River College and other local schools, and a new City Hall. Wilford S. Lockyer was the architect for the school project. The building is still in use as part of the Carriere school system.

Source notes

WPA Projects in Progress in Area. Biloxi Daily Herald, August 20, 1937, p. 1.

Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database and map.

Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 4, 2018.

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Location Info

6737 US-11
Carriere, Mississippi 39426

Coordinates: 30.62547972, -89.6541256

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