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Durant Public School – Durant MS

Durant Public School - Durant MS

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Durant Public School in 1940-42. N. W. Overstreet and Associates designed the Art Moderne school building and  W. E. Rubush of Meridian was the superintendent of construction. The building is 181 feet by… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Holmes County State Park – Durant MS

Six rustic style cabins, park landscape, park manager’s residence, lodge, pavilion, and a 525 foot dam forming a 12-acre lake were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 4429 between 1935-1939. Construction utilized cypress timber from the Big Black river… read more

Project type: Campgrounds and Cabins, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Post Office – Durant MS

The Colonial Revival style post office building was completed in 1939 by the Treasury Department.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office Mural – Durant MS

Isidore Toberoff’s mural, “Erosion, Reclamation and Conservation of the Soil” was completed in 1942. The oil-on-canvas work was completed under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Toberoff was a 1942 Pulitzer Prize winner in art, and while… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

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