- City:
- Jonesboro, LA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designers:
- D. Curtis Smith, H. H. Land, J. W. Smith and Associates
- Contractor:
- Tudor and Ratcliff
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
The Jackson Parish Courthouse was undertaken in Jonesboro, Louisiana during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). It was part of the largest wave of courthouse construction in Louisiana history, with eleven total courthouses erected between 1936-1940 (Leighninger, 2011). The courthouse for Jackson Parish is a “…relatively simple and sedate composition with deco bands above first and third floors…first floor is stone, and the upper two are brick” (Leighninger, 2007, p. 113-114). Cost of construction was $251,406.
Source notes
Leighninger, R. (February 1, 2011). Public Works Administration Architecture. In David Johnson (Ed.) KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2010. Retrieved from https://knowla.org/entry/495/ Leighninger, R. D. (2007). Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration. The University Press of Mississippi. "PWA Announce Approval for Thirteen Fund Allotments in Fifth District in State." (June 12, 1937). Ruston Daily Leader, p. 1.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 4, 2014.
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $251,406.00 |
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