Gymnasium (destroyed) – Coxburg MS

City:
Coxburg, Lexington, MS

Site Type:
Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Coxburg community gymnasium was constructed 1936 by the National Youth Administration. The structure cost approximately $5,000 and was 80 x 100 feet. The gym was destroyed in 1952.

Source notes

Coxburg School will build Gym. Clarion-Ledger, Aug. 11, 1938, p. 11.
Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database. https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/search.aspx

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 14, 2018.

Location Info


4300 Ebenezer Coxburg Road
Lexington, Mississippi 39095
Holmes County

Coordinates: 32.999425, -90.209002

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