Mississippi » Laurel

R. H. Watkins Stadium Improvements – Laurel MS

Project type: Stadiums, Athletic Courts and Fields, Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

A WPA project for $21,000 improvements at the Laurel Municipal Stadium included brick seats to accommodate 3,000, a brick stadium house, brick wall at the south end of the stadium, permanent parking space, brick walls, brick ticket booths and replacing wooden curbs with brick curbs. The facility remains in use.

Source notes

Laurel submits project for work on stadium. (August 21, 1935.) Hattiesburg American, p. 1.


Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Historic Resources Inventory database. Retrieved Oct. 5, 2019 from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Laurel&County=Any

Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 29, 2019.

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Location Info

West 12th Street
Laurel, Mississippi 39440

Coordinates: 31.704872, -89.140108

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