School – New Albany MS

Description

The 1936 high school was designed by E. L. Malvaney, and constructed by Walter L. Perry Construction Company. Mississippi project W1034 provided a $40,909 grant and the city funded the remainder of the total cost of $92,437. Construction began March 25, 1936 and was completed January 20, 1937. The school was demolished at some point, but the concrete bas relief panels–found on many of E. L. Malvaney’s Mississippi schools, were salvaged and erected at the back of the new school.

Source notes

Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, Report No. 5, Region No. 3. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. no. 104, January 3, 1940.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory, New Albany.
"PWA announces change in handling projects, first job approved." Clarion-Ledger, August 12, 1935, p. 10.
"State's PWA list formed." Clarion-Ledger, December 15, 1935, p. 1.

Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 27, 2017.

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Location Info


201 MS-15
New Albany, Mississippi 38652

Coordinates: 34.48677, -88.99791299999998

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