- City:
- Farmhaven, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The vocational teacher’s home was constructed by the National Youth Administration (NYA) with supervision from NYA supervisor Carl R. Furr in 1937. The project began in September and was completed in November 1937. None of the young men on the project had experience in carpentry prior to the work.
Source notes
Clarion-Ledger, Farmhaven NYA ends project, November 19, 1937, p. 17.
Series 1513 School Photograph Scrapbooks. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Digital Archives.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 12, 2018.
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