Madison in Madison County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Old School Gymnasium

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024

1. Old School Gymnasium Marker

Inscription. Completed in 1936 at a cost of $37.432, the Madison-Ridgeland School gymnasium annex was built with funding from the Public Works Administration during the New Deal era. Designed by the architectural firm of Overstreet & Town, the gymnasium is a rare example of an Art Deco school design in Mississippi. Notable features include decorative brickwork. low-relief lettering, and stylized sculptures of griffins. The gymnasium building is a Mississippi Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 2021 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Education. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1936.

Location. 32° 27.671′ N, 90° 6.839′ W. Marker is in Madison, Mississippi, in Madison County. It is on Main Street (Mississippi Route 463) east of Montgomery

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Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Madison MS 39110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Farr Mercantile Company (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Curran House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Montgomery House (approx. ¼ mile away); Madison (approx. half a mile away); Strawberry Patch House (approx. one mile away); Montgomery Memorial Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War II Airfield Hangars (approx. 1.4 miles away); School Days (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madison.

Another

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024

2. Old School Gymnasium Marker

marker is no longer nearby. Madison's Water Tower (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Madison-Ridgeland Public School (PDF). Mississippi Historic Sites Survey data form for the complex, which includes the gymnasium and was listed on the National Register as part of a larger submission in 1986. (via Mississippi Department of Archives and History) (Submitted on April 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 662 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.