- City:
- Memphis, TN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The one-story elementary school was completed in September 1936 for use by African American children in Memphis. The building had two inner courtyards. Construction cost was $157, 627 and project cost was $175,692. The school was combined with another school to form Cypress Middle School following integration.
Source notes
Short, C. W., & Stanley-Brown, R. (1939). Public Buildings: Architecture under the Public Works Administration: 1933 to 1939. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 216. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/publicbuildingss00unitrich#page/170/mode/2up/search/tennesseeSite originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 3, 2014.
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