- City:
- Meridian, MS
- Site Type:
- Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Krouse and Brasfield
- Contractor:
- John L. McLemore
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The two-story red-brick former gymnasium was constructed by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later the PWA) in 1936-1937. It retains its original massing and pedimented parapet. It was renovated in 1964 to become a first floor library and second floor science laboratories/classroom space.
Source notes
Baughn, J., & Gatlin, W. M. (2013). Meridian High School and Junior College nomination form. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory database. Report No. 5 Status of completed non-Federal allotted projects. Region 3 Mississippi. January 3, 1940. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project Division, p. 105Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 14, 2016.
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