Identify this historic place and you win an extra point in this week’s Name This Place. One person, one point only in this round. The only person who gets a point is the one who correctly identifies it, along with its location. You can click on the photo to make it larger.
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Preservation in Mississippi 
Bookhaven Elementary School, Brookhaven.
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Brookhaven Elem. in Lincoln County
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Well, phooey! I thought this one would stump everyone! Congrats!
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AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Did it send me to spam again?
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Yes, it did–I don’t know why it’s doing this, but it’s starting to annoy me. You even used your e-mail the first time, so to be fair, I think both you and JR get a point.
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You are too kind, sir!
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maybe it doesn’t like the rainy day?
I’m willing to share with Carunzel for credit on this.
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It hasn’t that excuse for yesterday.
And thanks to you, too!
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I know it won’t count for any points, but I am going to guess that N. W. Overstreet designed Brookhaven Elementary; the massing of Brookhaven seems similar to Bailey, although they are very different structures.
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For some reason I was thinking R.W. Naef, he of “smutty buff brick” and kind face, but now that I come to put my hands on that information, I can’t find it. I do know Naef did the 1937 Brookhaven High School, so possibly also did this 1941 beauty. I’m going to have to track that down now, because I know at some point I took a picture of the plaque inside this building.
You’re right that it’s the same shape as Bailey, with the auditorium projecting at the far end, but I believe the auditorium was added around 1950.
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