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WEBB SCHOOL HOUSE

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1913, John Henry. 300 3rd St.

This two-classroom, center-hall plan school, raised a full story on concrete piers and with a gallery accessed by French doors, resembles a large raised cottage more than a typical school. The only known work by local architect John Henry, this Craftsman building of simple geometric forms features a concrete divided stair that leads to the upper, principal floor. Converted to a residence, the sturdy building provided shelter to its occupants and to four neighbors who floated here in a boat during Hurricane Katrina.

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Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "WEBB SCHOOL HOUSE", [Bay St. Louis, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-GC9.

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Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 338-338.

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