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Oakhurst and Elizabeth Dorr Schools Arcade Sidewalks – Clarksdale MS

Project type: Education and Health, Infrastructure and Utilities, Schools, Sidewalks and Stairs
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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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.

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

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Location Info

120 W. Second St.
Clarksdale, MS 38614

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, -90.578675

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

  1. 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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