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CARROLLTON COMMUNITY HOUSE

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1936. 203 Lexington St.

Funded by the Works Progress Administration and constructed under the supervision of local builder David Felts, the community house has a rustic appearance, popular for rural Great Depression-era buildings. Its round, peeled logs connect at the ends with saddle notches in contrast to nineteenth-century Mississippi log buildings, which typically featured hewn, squared logs that formed roughly planar wall surfaces. Exterior ironstone chimneys (a material rarely used in this sandy region) anchor both end walls. On the interior, the log walls, stone chimneys, and the roof structure are exposed.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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What's Nearby

STANHOPE
CARROLL COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND SQUARE
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "CARROLLTON COMMUNITY HOUSE", [Carrollton, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-YB50.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 96-96.

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