- 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=226Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 27, 2014.
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