- City:
- Starkville, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Stevens & Johnston
- Contractor:
- J. R. Flint Construction Company
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Art Moderne Veterinary Science building was one of the buildings constructed 1937 as part of the 5-year building program for Mississippi State College, 1934-1939. Projects w1209, w1226-1 and w1226-2 constructed buildings on the campus of then Mississippi State College (now Mississippi State University). The projects were part of a 5-year building program totaling $1,424,478. The architect was Stevens & Johnston and contractor was J. R. Flint Construction Company.
Source notes
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 105.
Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database # 105-STK-4078-X. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Starkville&County=AnyState’s 5-Year Building Program Cost $1,200,000. (Dec. 25, 1938). Clarion-Ledger, p. 7.
Building Work Set at State. (Aug. 9, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.
Architect Changes ‘Face” of College. (May 4, 1949). Clarion-Ledger, p. 4.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 10, 2019.
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