Moss Point High School – Moss Point MS

City:
Moss Point, MS

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1941

Completed:
1942

Designers:
C. L. Olschuer, Engineer

Contractor:
Burkes Brothers

Description

The two-story Art Deco design high school was approved for $195,000 in Works Progress Administration funds, and the city provided the remaining $130,000 to construct the school (Watson, nd). The building still serves the community as the Moss Point High School.

Source notes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory database. Moss Point. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=226 Progress Public Works in State. August 10, 1942. Biloxi Daily Herald, p. 3. Watson, C. (n.d.) Nomination form for National Register of Historic Places, Moss Point Historic District. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=226

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

Location Info


4913 Weems Street
Moss Point, Mississippi 39563
Jackson County

Coordinates: 30.4126297, -88.54932059999999

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