Oakhurst and Elizabeth Dorr Schools Arcade Sidewalks - Clarksdale MS

City:: Clarksdale, MS
Site Type:: Education and Health, Infrastructure and Utilities, Schools, Sidewalks and Stairs
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started:: 1940

Description

At a cost of approximately $6,000, “…an extensive arcade system of walkways” was completed at the two schools in Clarksdale (Arcade sidewalks, p. 1).

Source notes

Arcade sidewalks program in Delta. 13 March 1940, The Delta Democrat-Times, p. 1.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 1, 2014.

Location Info

120 W. Second St.
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Coahoma County

Location notes: Address is for the Oakhurst Intermediate School. The exact location and current status of the former Elizabeth Dorr school is unknown to the Living New Deal.

Coordinates: 34.201824, -90.57867

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One comment on “Oakhurst and Elizabeth Dorr Schools Arcade Sidewalks – Clarksdale MS”

Judy Flowers September 19, 2014

This was the Elizabeth Dorr school named for Elizabeth Dorr who had owned the land. Please make this correction as this is a wonderful part of our history.

Thank you,
Judy

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One comment on “Oakhurst and Elizabeth Dorr Schools Arcade Sidewalks – Clarksdale MS”

Judy Flowers September 19, 2014

This was the Elizabeth Dorr school named for Elizabeth Dorr who had owned the land. Please make this correction as this is a wonderful part of our history.

Thank you,
Judy