- City:
- Ripley, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Public Works Administration (PWA) project 1254 was for the Peoples Consolidated School. A loan in the amount of $1550 and grant for $4745 was approved 8/12/1937. Construction began 12/14/1937 and was completed 5/31/1938 for a total cost of $10,952.
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. 106.
PWA aided in Construction of 228 school buildings in state; complete list given. (Sept. 25, 1939). Daily Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 10, 2019.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $10,952.00 |
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