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Title

WPA Churches Survey, Item 12; ca. 1930s

Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Churches - Survey Photograph Collection. A black-and-white, exterior front-view photograph of a brick building. It has a square, corner tower with a pair of jalousie windows on the sides viewable by the camera, and crenellations along the roof-line. There is a single double-door with a decorative, triangular overhang on the side facing the camera. The wall attached to the gabled roof protrudes from the main structure. On the walls below the gable roof is a round circle and a set of three rectangular windows, with an arched window over the central window. There are narrow, arched windows on various sections of the building. The building's corners have decorative quoins. There are rectangular windows at foundation-level with curtains. A car is parked on the street between the camera and building, and power lines run across the camera's view.

Creator

United States. Works Progress Administration.

Date

ca. 1930s

Identifier

120154-photo-1

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/