School Gymnasium – Edwards MS

City:
Edwards, MS

Site Type:
Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)

Completed:
1941

Designer:
James Manly Spain

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Edwards High School Gymnasium was designed by architect James Manly Spain in the Art Moderne style. It was constructed in 1941 by the National Youth Administration. It is currently vacant.

Source notes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory database. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural Cornerstone on building, National Youth Administration, 1941.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on May 29, 2016.

Location Info


Old U.S. 80
Edwards, MS 39066
Hinds County

Location notes: Northwest corner of Old US 80 (Jackson Street) and Magnolia Street

Coordinates: 32.332848, -90.605334

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