- City:
- Magee, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Edgar Lucian Malvaney
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Magee grammar school was completed as PWA project W1215. The project was approved 8/19/1937 and a $10,627 grant awarded toward a total cost of $23,615. Construction began 12/4/1937 and completed 3/18/1938. The architect was Edgar Lucian Malvaney.
Source notes
Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. (January 3, 1940). Report # 5, Region # 3 Mississippi. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project Division, p. 105.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory database. Retrieved April 3, 2018 from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural
"Magee School Job Approved." (August 20, 1937). Clarion-Ledger, p. 17.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on April 3, 2018.
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