Description
Public Works Administration W1205 funded construction of a two-story brick Neo-Classical dormitory for what was then known as Harrison-Stone-Jackson Junior College. A loan of $64,000 and a grant of $52,364 toward the total estimated cost of $116,364 was approved 8/26/1936. Construction began 3/16/1937 and was completed 3/24/1938 at a total cost of $117,473. Architect was Vinson B. Smith, Jr. and the builder/contractor was Newton & Schmoll. It contains 62 rooms and was the only major structure built on the campus during the Great Depression. Historic renovations were made in 1974, and renovations and remodeling for a board room addition was completed 2015-2018. Mississippi Department of Archives and History assessed the importance and integrity of the building as notable and intact. It is designated as a Mississippi Landmark and is now the District Office of the MGCCC system.
Source notes
Report No. 5 Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. (Jan 3, 1940). Region No. 3 Mississippi. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 105.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory, Perkinston 131-PRK-0106-ML. Retrieved Sept 11, 2020 from:
https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Perkinston&County=Any
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 25, 2020.
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