The Historic Canton High School building is a Mississippi Landmark and individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After sitting vacant for many years and through continued hopeful planning for adaptive reuse and maintenance projects, a development project was born through the partnership of the preservation architect and the developer. Its masonry facade […]
The Hinds Community College Administration Building, designed by architect Spain & Biggers Architects & Engineers, was constructed in 1951. The building will remain as the primary administration building for the College and will house the Vice President’s Office, the Dean of Academia’s Office, Financial Aid and Student Loans Office, Accounts Receivable, Veterans Affair’s Office as […]
History In 1914 John D. Rockefeller challenged the students of Mississippi State University to build their own space on campus, the YMCA, by donating $40,000 and asking them to raise the remaining $20,000. Dr. W.A. Weatherford, an official of the Southern Area YMCA, came to the university, organized the students, and led the fundraising campaign. […]
The Carillon Tower at the Chapel of Memories, was designed and constructed in 1964 using brick salvaged from the Old Main dormitory which burned in 1959. The brick masonry on the Tower was in serious need of stabilization and restoration when this project began. The University had stopped ringing the bells on a regular basis […]
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Hill Hall was constructed in 1929 as a Dormitory. The three story building is approximately 9,672 square feet with approximately 3,224 square feet on each floor. There is a small basement in north east corner housing the boiler. Access to the basement is through a hatch at the northeast exterior side of the building. Hill […]
Enochs Hall was built in 1920 as a dormitory and cafeteria for the former Whitworth College. The former college campus was transformed into the Mississippi School for the Arts, the statewide school for the arts for the State of Mississippi, beginning in 1999. Enochs Hall has been restored in phases, the first of which was […]
Whitfield Hall is the primary auditorium facility for the Mississippi University for Women. This project included the full restoration of the exterior of the building, restoration of the interior of the auditorium and renovation of the office/ancillary spaces throughout the building to meet current needs. The auditorium was sensitively modified to improve the function, incorporating […]
This new facility, located on the vacant site, just north of the YMCA Building and George Hall at Mississippi State, will accommodate parking on the lower levels and academic classrooms and associated spaces on the upper levels. The building will provide needed academic classroom space and take advantage of site topography to provide needed parking […]
Matty Hersee School of Nursing closed its doors in 1989 after 60+ years of operation in the same location, with the earliest recorded graduate in June 8, 1913. The original charity hospital was built and maintained under Matty Hersee Wright starting in 1892, while the current building was built in 1923 and organized as one […]
