- City:
- Cross Roads, MS
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Civil Works Administration approved and funded a number of projects in Mississippi in late 1933, primarily school buildings. Approval for construction of a new school building in Cross Roads was authorized and construction was underway in September. By December 12, 3 men were employed for $230, and an additional 14 men employed for $982 by the 24th.
Source notes
Rankin School formally opens: Projects receiving fund approval. Clarion-Ledger, Sep. 5, 1933, p. 8.
CWA Board gives man new approvals Monday. Clarion Ledger, Dec. 12, 1933, p. 2, 16.
Employment in Rankin gets boost by approval of CWA projects. Clarion-Ledger, Dec. 24, 1933, p. 14.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 13, 2019.
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