- City:
- Cleveland, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- E. L. Malvaney
- Contractor:
- H. M. Day and Son
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
The gymnasium was constructed 1938-1939 as Public Works Administration project W1232. Architect E. L. Malvaney designed the gymnasium with a seating capacity of 1000, offices for athletic officials, dressing rooms, and a band hall on the second floor. It was converted to use as the Girls’ gymnasium when a new one was constructed 1946 for boys. A grant of $16,930 was provided toward the total cost of $37,827. The project was approved 6/22/38, started 9/33/38, and completed 4/17/39. The building was demolished July 2019.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory, Cleveland. Retrieved August 19, 2020 from:
https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Cleveland&County=Any
Report No. 5 Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 105.
Cleveland's New Gym Near Finish. (Jan 12, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 5.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 25, 2020.
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