Vaiden High School (former) - Vaiden MS

City:: Vaiden, MS
Site Type:: Education and Health, Schools
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started:: 1941
Completed:: 1943
Designer:: E. L. Malvaney
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Marked:: No
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Art Moderne school was completed in 1943 as W. P. A. Project No. 7233. Work began in 1941 but was stopped due to lack of money resulting from the war. WPA workers mixed concrete on site, and carried it in wheelbarrows to construct the poured monolithic concrete two and a half story U-plan school. The auditorium was restored in 2008-2009 for use as a community center.

Source notes

Howard, M., & Stewart, B. (2008). Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=37670&view=facts&y=1177 R. C. Weir Memorial Building. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory database. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=37671&view=facts&y=1177

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 10, 2015.