- City:
- Bay Springs, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Hull and Drummond
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Bay Springs school was Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works project W1052 for a $16,364 grant toward a total estimated cost of $40,743, approved 9/25/1935. Contracts were awarded 12/06/1935 and construction begun 5/5/1936. Construction was completed 12/29/1936. The one-story Colonial Revival style building was designed by architects Hull & Drummond.
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. 104.
Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Historic Resources Inventory, Bay Springs School Complex. Retrieved from (www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=36237&view=facts&y=1101).
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on July 8, 2019.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|
| $16,364.00 | $40,743.00 |
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