Well, folks, after two days and one bonus round, we’ve got a nail-biter going in this week’s Name This Place contest. Here’s how it stands now.
Belinda: 3 points
W. White: 2 points
J.R. Gordon: 2 points
Tom Barnes: 1 point
Theodore: 1 point
Susan Allen: 1 point
For those just joining the fray, it’s still anyone’s ball game. Check out the rules and jump right in by naming this place!
Categories: Contest
Preservation in Mississippi 
Is this the Laurel school building that burned?
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hmm, what was its name . . . thinking, thinking.
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The silence is deafening. Have I achieved MissPres stumpation? That would be the best birthday present ever.
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Well, it may be happy birthday to you. I have used all my sources, and cannot find a clue.
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Stewart M. Jones School…Laurel, MS.
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Built 1926. Designated Mississippi Landmark and named for long time school board president. Cannot decide whether masonry contractor or fire did more damage…probably fire, but…
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Well, Theodore, you’ve tied for the lead. I think this may be a first for you–if so, congrats!
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I think another culprit in your list might be the school board . . .
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Happy Birthday anyway
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Bah! Curses!
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Additional rooms (four) were added to the Fourth Avenue side of the school in 1936. A myriad of structures have been added to the campus since.
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The school was designed by P. J. Krouse. According to a noted Mississippi Preservationist, the Jones School “is one of the few school buildings in the state built on an E-Plan floorplan–where the auditorium forms the center wing and two classroom wings are at the ends.”
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Happy Birthday, good job stumping nearly everyone with a building described on this site.
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I thought the Columbus street view would stump everyone and that this one would be snapped up immediately since I had covered the fire back last May, but I see that my assumption that MissPres readers actually read the article was incorrect. Hmfph!
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To cover all the bases, Krouse also designed the Meridian City Hall, as well as George Hall at MSU (the former Infirmary).
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In addition, Krouse designed:
Jones County Courthouse, Laurel, 1907
Jones County Courthouse, Ellisville, 1908
Pearl River County Courthouse, Poplarville, 1918
Lauderdale County Courthouse, Meridian, 1939 (remodel)
First Baptist Church, Poplarville, 1930-31
First Presbyterian Church, Meridian
Scottish Rite Cathedral, Meridian
Stevenson Primary School, Meridian
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Meridian
Hickory School, Hickory, 1918-19
and I am sure many more structures.
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I love ol’ P.J.–he did good work. Nice job on that list too! :-)
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Happy Birthday!
Krouse’s name pops up everywhere… He also designed the Courthouses for Walthall County, Pike County and Kemper County.
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Thanks, Belinda. I celebrated mainly by getting my driver’s license renewed, and hoping to stump everyone here, but the latter dream was dashed.
I have Xavier Kramer down for both Pike and Walthall Co. CH–he’s another one of those apparently self-educated architects who also was mayor of Magnolia for a number of years. I’m pretty sure his name is on the plaque at Tylertown.
Anyway, Krouse did the Kemper Co CH, as you say (which gets you a point), and his long career spans from the 1900s through his death in 1944. Another forgotten but brilliant architect from Mississippi’s past–he deserves more recognition for sure.
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well — at least I had the “K” right…
We need an “Architects of Mississippi” book/project…
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