JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is awarding almost $2 million in grants to cover several preservation projects.
The state money was awarded Friday. The department says in a news release that the grants help preserve and restore historic courthouses and schools and other historic properties.
Among the grants are $370,000 to stabilize the structure and do restoration work at Bailey School in Jackson; $210,480 for the LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula, to preserve the building’s mid-18th century characteristics; $160,000 for restoration of the M&O Depot in Aberdeen; and $156,894 for roof repairs and drainage improvement at the Jones County Courthouse in Ellisville.
Also:
■ $148,800 for roof work at the Union County Courthouse in New Albany.
■ $128,916 to repair gutters, roof and the bell tower at City Hall in Yazoo City.
■ $120,000 for structure stabilization and restoration at Shaw High School in Shaw.
■ $117,600 for renovation and roof restoration at Okolona Elementary School, Okolona.
■ $105,795 for roofing and electrical repairs and interior rehabilitation at Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez.
■ $85,824 for roofing renovation of the 1951 section of Wechsler School in Meridian.
■ $75,447 for rehabilitation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Convent in Vicksburg.
■ $69,483 for electrical repair and interior renovation at Columbia Waterworks in Columbia.
■ $67,201 for roofing repair at the former West Point Colored High School in West Point.
■ $59,648 for restoration of the Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown.
■ $51,840 for roof repairs at Newton City Hall.
■ $39,600 for structure stabilization, foundation repair and plasterwork at Meadville Armory in Meadville.
■ $29,904 for restoration and handicapped access at Poplar Hill Museum of African American Culture in Fayette.
You can help your community
Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to continue our efforts. In the past week, our reporters have posted 37 articles to cdispatch.com. Please consider subscribing to our website for only $2.30 per week to help support local journalism and our community.