- City:
- Poplarville, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Public Works Administration project 4838 was approved 2/21/1934 for the construction of a school in Poplarville. The city received a loan of $14,100 and a grant of $5906. Construction began 6/18/1934 and was completed 12/14/1934 for a total of $19,891. The exact location of the school building is not specified. A number of Pearl River County schools were destroyed or badly damaged in Hurricane Camille in 1969, and there is no indication a school from that time period is still extant in Poplarville.
Source notes
Report No. 5, Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, Region No. 3 Mississippi. (Jan. 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 104.
Nineteen PWA projects begun. (May 8, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 7.
Mississippi is awarded 11 million dollars on Public Works projects. (Aug. 13, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on February 19, 2022.
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