- City:
- Leland, MS
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Community Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
The “one-story (plus) gabled, rectangularly-massed, frame club house with brick veneer exterior, has a transitional Tudor Revival/Craftsman style. Windows in front-gabled ell to left of facade have heavy concrete hood and lintel, stepped shutters. Door, also in front gable, is recessed in porch with concrete surround formed like rough planks, has concrete steps and rail, faux plank single-leaf wood door. Paired 1/1 windows to the right of the entry are set in faux board siding, enclosing former porch. Corbelled-top chimney has decorative brick work” (Embree, 2004).
It is conjectured by MDAH that the building was completed by the Emergency Relief Administration, who built other community houses in Mississippi.
Source notes
Embree, J. (2004). Leland Historic District. Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=184. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory Database. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=42166&view=facts&y=959.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on February 21, 2014.
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