- 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.
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