- City:
- Canton, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designers:
- A. H. Town, N. W. Overstreet
- Contractor:
- J. R. Flint Construction Company
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Public Works Project Mississippi 110 enlarged the Canton High School. The addition added a gymnasium with stadium seating, 11 classrooms, library, study hall, dark room, music room and recital hall, club room, clinic, principal’s office, restrooms, athletic director’s office, janitorial and storage rooms (Mansell, 1998). The building has not been used for education purposes since 1969.
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- Canton High School addition, front
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- Canton High School front facade new addition
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- Canton High School entrance, new addition
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- Canton High School gymnasium addition
Source notes
Jones, J. A. (December 29, 1969). Pupils will find changes. Laurel Leader Call.
Mansell, J. (1998). Canton High School nomination form for National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=20635&view=facts&y=1114
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 Allen on October 27, 2014.
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