- City:
- New Albany, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA), Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- E. L. Malvaney
- Contractor:
- Walter L. Perry Construction Company
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
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.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 27, 2017.
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