Merigold Gymnasium and School Additions – Merigold MS

City:
Merigold, MS

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Designer:
Edgar Lucian Malvaney

Contractor:
Newton and Schmoll

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

In 1938, the Public Works Administration (PWA) completed additions to the existing 1920 school and constructed a new gymnasium for the Merigold Public Schools.  Both buildings have been demolished.

Source notes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory. Merigold Consolidated School. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory. Merigold Gymnasium. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural Hub contractors low bidders on Merigold school. October 3, 1938. Delta Democrat Times. p. 2.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 27, 2014.

Location Info


Corner of Clark and Thomas streets
Merigold, Mississippi 38759
Bolivar County

Coordinates: 33.8390012, -90.7262088

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