Shady Grove School – Ripley MS

City:
Ripley, MS

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1936

Designer:
R. E. Gaines

Description

Located in rural Tippah County, about 5 miles west of Ripley, the Shady Grove School was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936.

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

Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on January 2, 2015.

Location Info

West of Ripley
Ripley, MS Tippah County

Location notes: Exact street address unknown.

Coordinates: 34.747318, -89.051455

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