- City:
- Jackson, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Hospitals and Clinics
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designer:
- N. W. Overstreet
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
State Charity Hospital Improvements in Jackson MS was built with federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funds in 1935. $18,000 was allotted for the Charity hospital project. N. W. Overstreet was the architect for main building and nurses home renovations in 1934-1935. The hospital was constructed in 1912, closed in 1955, and demolished prior to 1962.
Source notes
Insane hospital ready on Jan. 1. (Sep 11, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 1.
Allocation of funds is made. (Oct 11, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 14.
Repairing plan nearing close. (Nov. 1, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.
Improvements by ERA and State Program Completed. (Mar 14, 1935). Clarion-Ledger, p. 3, 5.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved Nov 22, 2019 from:
https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Jackson&County=Any
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 23, 2019.
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