- State:
- MS
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Contractor:
- Bowyer & Johnson
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
PWA project 1200 for paving in Hernando was for $16,000 loan and $13,090 grant approved 11/17/1936. Construction began 4/5/1937 and was completed 6/10/1937 for a total cost of $29,571. The work included paving the street around the courthouse square and surfacing eight lateral streets in the town. Contract was awarded to Bowyer & Johnson for $25,037.
Source notes
Report No. 5, Status of Completed Non-Federal allotted projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 105.
Hernando plans street paving. (Mar 20, 1937). The Greenwood Commonwealth, p. 6.
Federal approval given 13 PWA projects in state. (Nov 24, 1936). Daily Clarion-Ledger, p. 14.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 4, 2019.
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