Walthall School | |
 Main facade in 2013 | |
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| Location | 601 (603) Court Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi [1] |
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| Coordinates | 31°19′08″N 89°17′17″W / 31.31878°N 89.28808°W |
| Built | 1902 [2] |
| Architect | Robert E. Lee |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival as of 1928 [2] |
| Part of | Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District (element 205) ( ID80002236 [3]) |
| USMS No. | 035-HAT-0705-NRD-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Designated CP | September 17, 1980 |
| Designated USMS | May 6, 1988 [1] |
Walthall School, also known as Court Street School, is located at 601 Court Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was utilized as a public school building from 1902 until 1987. [2] The building is a contributing property to the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [3] The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1988. [1]
Description
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Walthall School was constructed as a two-story brick building with a 12-bay front facade that contained round-arch windows. The building has a hipped roof, with a Mission style effect achieved by a curvilinear gable. It has one-story flat-roof additions. Stucco was applied to the outer brick walls as a Works Progress Administration project (between 1935 and 1943). [3]
History
Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the Hattiesburg School Board engaged the services of architect Robert E. Lee to design the Court Street school building. [4] [note 1]
The school was named for Edward Cary Walthall, a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a United States senator from Mississippi (1885–1894). [5]
In 1928, the building was expanded and remodeled to reflect a Mission Revival architectural style, under the direction of architect Noah Webster Overstreet. [6] The school was again enlarged by additions made in 1941, by architects Landry & Matthes, and in 1957, by Associated School Architects. [4]
Use of the structure as a public school ended in 1987. [2] In 1995, the Hattiesburg Public School District sold the building and grounds to the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood Association. [7] The Association then created the Walthall Foundation to own and operate the building.
In 2006, the Walthall Foundation sold the building to a development company for establishment of condominiums within the structure, while retaining the building's Mississippi Landmark status, as well as its status on the National Register of Historic Places. [7]
Notes
- ^ Lee also designed Hattiesburg's Eaton Elementary School and the Old Hattiesburg High School, both individually listed on the National Register, per ( "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. )
References
- ^ a b c "Mississippi Landmarks (Forrest County)". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ a b c d "Walthall School (Court Street School)". Historic Resources Inventory Fact Sheet. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ a b c Jody Cook (July 7, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 29, 2017. With 21 photos from 1980.
- ^ a b Thomas Rosell (January 17, 2013). "Architectural Twins? Eaton and Walthall Schools, Hattiesburg". Preservation in Mississippi. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ "Hattiesburg Public Schools" (PDF). Hattiesburg Area Historical Society. Winter 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ "Artisan Profile – Overstreet, Noah Webster (b.1888 - d.1973)". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood Association – Neighborhood History". Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood Association. Retrieved April 29, 2017.