- City:
- University, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Designer:
- R. W. Naef
- Contractor:
- Walter L. Perry Construction Company
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
The Physics Building of the University of Mississippi campus, was built in 1939 as one of the last construction projects during the Public Works Administration. It was renamed Lewis Hall in 1977 for Dr. Arthur Lewis, a physics professor from 1939-1969. A research wing was added to the rear of the southwest corner in 1995.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
www.olemiss.edu/depts/physics_and_astronomy/history/
Sansing, D. S. (1999). The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentiall History. Jackson, MS: University Press.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on May 5, 2013.
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