- City:
- Senatobia, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Hull and Drummond
- Contractor:
- Wessell Construction
Description
Senatobia High School was FEAPWA Project #Miss. 1260, constructed in 1938 in an Art Moderne style. Additions were completed in 1959 and 1965. The auditorium is 1.5-story, and constructed of reinforced concrete and with brick and stone veneer. The entry to the auditorium is separated by pilasters featuring bas-relief sculptures and a sun dial above glass block lights.
Source notes
Baughn, J. O. August 28, 2012 communication. Baughn is the Architectural Historian for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Hopkins, J. L. (1993). Nomination form, National Register of Historic Places. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory database.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 28, 2013.
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