This two-story building in brick and terra-cotta by Drago of Monroe, Louisiana, is an imposing work of Beaux-Arts classicism, a style that flourished in Mississippi after the completion of Jackson’s New Capitol (JM16) in 1903. Externally, the principal feature is the giant-order Ionic portico; internally, it is the central stair lit by a stained glass dome.
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "ABERDEEN CITY HALL", [Aberdeen, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-PR5.
Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 176-176.
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