Ray Stadium – Meridian MS

City:
Meridian, MS

Site Type:
Stadiums, Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Two steel-reinforced concrete stadium bleachers facing each other are set in a man-made slope. The bleachers are supported at the rear by concrete columns attached with segmental arches.

Source notes

Baughn, J., & Gatlin, W. M. (2013). Meridian High School and Junior College nomination form for National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 14, 2016.

Location Info


2320 32nd Street
Meridian, MS 39305
Lauderdale County

Coordinates: 32.3643098, -88.703656

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