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Overstreet, N.W., & Town, A.H. (1931-1939) |
Architecture Firm, Jackson, MS |
Firm composed of N.W. OVERSTREET and A. HAYS TOWN. HARRY E. WEIR was a draftsman for the firm in 1936. Some of the records of this firm are contained in the N.W. Overstreet Architectural Records collection in Special Collections, Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
D | 1930s | 049-JAC-0014.1-NRD | St. Andrew's Cathedral (Episcopal) | Architect | renovation after fire | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1931 | 105-STK-0823-NRD | Rex Threatre (Masonic Temple {Abert Lodge No. 89, F&AM}) | Architect | Original building | Starkville, Oktibbeha Co. |
D | 1933 | 143-TUN-0111.3-NRD | Tunica High School, Tunica School (White) complex | Architect | Original building | Tunica, Tunica Co. |
D | 1934 | 049-JAC-0001-NHL-ML | Mississippi State Capitol (New Capitol) | Architect | Interior painting | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1934 | 143-TUN-0301-ML | Tunica County Penal Farm Building | Architect | Original building | Tunica, Tunica Co. |
D | c. 1935 | 049-JAC-0314-X | Sisters of Mercy Convent | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1935 | 011-ROS-0059-NRD | Rosedale-Bolivar County Hospital (Rosedale Dental Clinic) | Architect | Original building | Rosedale, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1935 | 121-PEL-0016.2 | Gymnasium, Pelahatchie School (White) complex | Architect | Original building | Pelahatchie, Rankin Co. |
D | 1935-36 | 089-MAD-0004.2-NR-ML | Gymnasium, Madison-Ridgeland Public School | Architect | Original building | Madison, Madison Co. |
D | 1935 | 151-LND-0304.04-NRD-ML | Leland Consolidated School (White) (elementary building), Leland Consolidated White School complex | Architect | Original building | Leland, Washington Co. |
| 1935 | 151-LND-0304.05-X | Leland Consolidated School (White) (superintendent's house), Leland Consolidated White School complex, 402 Third Street | | Original building | Leland, Washington Co. |
| 1935 | 151-LND-0304.06-X | Leland Consolidated School (White) (teacher's house), Leland Consolidated White School complex, 402 Third Street | | Original building | Leland, Washington Co. |
D | 1936-37 | 049-JAC-6098.1-NRD-ML | Bailey Junior High School (Bailey Magnet School) | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1936 | 011-PCE-0001.2 | Pace Consolidated School (White) (gymnasium), Pace Consolidated School | Architect | Original building | Pace, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1936 | 011-BEN-0002.6-X | Elementary School (I), Benoit School (White) Complex | Architect | Original building | Benoit, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1936 | 027-JNS-0001-ML-X | Jonestown Consolidated School | Architect | Addition--rear elevation | Jonestown, Coahoma Co. |
D | 1936-38 | 081-TUP-1168-NR-NRD-ML | North Church Street Primary School | Architect | Original building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
D | 1936 | 101-CON-3003.1-X | Classroom building, Cohehatta School (White) complex | Primary Architect | Original building | Conehatta, Newton Co. |
D | 1936 | 149-VKS-1054-NR-NRD-ML | Carr Junior High School | Architect | Auditorium and gymnasium addition (demolished) | Vicksburg, Warren Co. |
D | 1936 | 121-BRN-0112.2-X | (Old) Rankin County Jail (II), north of old courthouse, | Architect | Original building | Brandon, Rankin Co. |
D | 1936 | 049-JAC-0001-NHL-ML | Mississippi State Capitol (New Capitol) | Architect | Installation of elevator (Senate side) | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1936 | 051-LEX-0315-ML | Holmes County Jail | Architect | Original building | Lexington, Holmes Co. |
D | 1936 | 067-LAR-0052-NRD-ML | Jones County Courthouse, 415 5th Avenue, North | Architect | Jail Addition | Laurel, Jones Co. |
A | 1936 | 151-LND-0304.08-X | Leland Consolidated School (White) (auditorium/gymnasium), Leland Consolidated White School complex | Architect | Original building | Leland, Washington Co. |
D | 1936 | 081-TUP-0259.1 | Classroom building (I), East Tupelo School complex [Lawhon Elementary] | Architect | Original building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
D | 1937 | 147-TYL-0010.2 | Tylertown Attendance Center, Tylertown School (White) complex | Architect | Original building | Tylertown, Walthall Co. |
D | 1937 | 081-TUP-1284.4-NRD | Tupelo High School (III) (Milam Jr. High School) | Architect | Original building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
D | 1937 | 081-TUP-1284.5-X | Tupelo Junior High School, (old) Tupelo High School Complex [Milam Jr. High School] | Architect | Original building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
D | 1937 | 089-CAN-0544.3-ML | Elementary Building, Cameron Street School/Nichols Middle School | Architect | Original building | Canton, Madison Co. |
D | 1937 | 089-CAN-0424.1-NR-ML | (Old) Canton High School (White) | Architect | Junior high addition | Canton, Madison Co. |
D | 1937-38 | 049-JAC-7061-X | Cottage Building (Mississippi Highway Patrol HQ), Mississippi Lunatic Asylum (now the site of the University Medical Center) | Architects | Renovation for Hwy Patrol HQ | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1937 | 049-JAC-0030.1-NRD-ML | Central High School | Architect | Repairs after auditorium fire | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1937 | 091-COL-0376-NRD-ML | Columbia High School | Architect | Original building | Columbia, Marion Co. |
D | 1937-38 | 081-TUP-0099.2 | George Washington Carver School, at site of Lee County Training School (II) | Architect | Original building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
D | 1937 | 081-GUN-0001.1-ML | Administration Building, Guntown School (White) Complex | Architect | Original building | Guntown, Lee Co. |
A | 1937 | 049-JAC-0660 | City View Apartments | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | c. 1938 | 105-MAB-0002.1-X | Classroom building, Maben School (White) Complex | Architect | Original building | Maben, Oktibbeha Co. |
D | c.1938 | 049-JAC-5755-NRD | Chester R. Underwood House, 807 Pinehurst Street | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1938-39 | 133-IND-0502 | Kings Daughters Hospital (Delta Primary Care Rural Health Clinic (Delta Surgical Clinic)) | Architect | Original building | Indianola, Sunflower Co. |
D | 1938-39 | 161-OAK-0004.1-X | Administration Building, Oakland School (White) Complex | Architect | Addition | Oakland, Yalobusha Co. |
D | 1938 | 095-ABN-0265-NRD | (old) Aberdeen National Guard Armory (Aberdeen Parks & Recreation) | Original Architect | Original building | Aberdeen, Monroe Co. |
D | 1938 | 139-RIP-0223-NRD-ML | (former) Tippah County Jail | Architect | Original building | Ripley, Tippah Co. |
D | 1938 | 037-MDV-0006-ML | National Guard Armory, NW cor, Main Street & Olive Street | Architect | Original building | Meadville, Franklin Co. |
D | 1938 | 151-GRV-0423.1-NRD-ML | (Old) National Guard Armory (Fort Nicholson), (old part of the National Guard Armory complex) | Architect | Original building | Greenville, Washington Co. |
D | c.1939 | 129-RAL-0010-X | (Old) Smith County Jail | Architects | Original building | Raleigh, Smith Co. |
D | 1939 | 011-CLE-0133.1-X | (Old) Cleveland Hospital | Architect | Original building | Cleveland, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1939 | 011-BEN-0004 | Union Church (Benoit Methodist Church) | Architect | Original Building | Benoit, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1939 | 049-JAC-7192 | Calvin Wells House, 3520 Hawthorne Drive | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939-40 | 049-JAC-4539 | Nehi Beverage Company | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939 | 149-VKS-2764-X | Clay Street School (White) | Architect | Repairs and alterations (PWA #1337) | Vicksburg, Warren Co. |
D | 1939 | 049-BYR-2501.1-X | Byram High School, Byram Consolidated School complex | Architect | Original building | Byram, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939 | 149-VKS-1923-ML | Bowmar Avenue Elementary School | Architect | Original building | Vicksburg, Warren Co. |
D | 1939 | 011-SHL-0005.2 | Gymnasium, Shelby School complex | Architect | Original building | Shelby, Bolivar Co. |
D | c. 1939 | 011-SHL-0005.3 | Vocational Building, Shelby School complex | Architect | Original building | Shelby, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1939 | 067-LAR-0589-X | Frank G. Wisner Student Activity Building | Architect | Original building | Laurel, Jones Co. |
A | 1939 | 049-BYR-2501.2-X | Byram Elementary School, Byram Consolidated School complex | Architect | Original building | Byram, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939 | 163-YAZ-0244.2 | Yazoo City Junior High School, (Old) Yazoo City High School [II] complex | Architect | Addition to 1917 building | Yazoo City, Yazoo Co. |
D | 1939 | 151-GRV-0055-ML | Carrie Stern Elementary School | Architect | Original building | Greenville, Washington Co. |
D | 1939 | 149-VKS-0551.2 | Cherry Street School (Negro) | Architect | Original building | Vicksburg, Warren Co. |
A | 1940-41 | 105-STK-0754-NRD-ML | (former) Armory and City Hall (Police Station) | Architect | Original building | Starkville, Oktibbeha Co. |
D | 1940-41 | 163-YAZ-0247 | (Old) National Guard Armory | Architect | Original building | Yazoo City, Yazoo Co. |
D | 1940 | 061-BAY-3006.1 | Classroom building, Stringer School (White) complex | Architect | Original building | Bay Springs vic., Jasper Co. |
D | 1940 | 011-SHW-0002.2-NRE-ML | Gymnasium, Shaw School (White) complex | Architect | Original building | Shaw, Bolivar Co. |
D | 1940 | no file | Bottrell House, 850 Avondale | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | c.1940 | 095-AMR-0022-ML | (former) National Guard Armory | Architect | Original building | Amory, Monroe Co. |
D | 1940 | 083-GRE-0544 | (Old) National Guard Armory (Greenwood Community and Recreation Center) | Architect | Original building | Greenwood, Leflore Co. |
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Town, Albert Hays (b.1903 - d.2005) |
Architect, Jackson, MS/Baton Rouge, LA |
Born in Crowley, LA, attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Tulane University, graduating from the latter in 1926. He moved to Jackonto work in the firm of N.W. OVERSTREET, and eventually joined in partnership with him as N.W. OVERSTREET & A.H. TOWN, 1931-1939. During the Depression, he also worked as the leader of a HABS team, recording antebellum houses in MS. He moved back to Louisiana to practice independently in 1939, and by the 1960s had become known for his residential designs which featured a return to traditional building forms and the use of salvaged materials. Office listed in 1956 at the Triad Building in Baton Rouge, and in 1962 at 875 Commerce Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA. See Kingsley, Buildings of Louisiana, pp. 190, 209, 252, 258, 274, 287, 324, 444-445. See American Architects Directory, 1956. |
| Date | Inventory# | Name of Property | Role | Description of Work | Location |
D | c.1928 | 049-JAC-5813-DNC | Shady Nook Service Station | Architect | Original Building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1928-29 | 049-JAC-0965-NRD | Walthall Hotel (Downtowner Hotel) | Designer | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1929 | 151-GRV-0107.2-NRD-ML | E. E. Bass Junior High School | Designer | Original building | Greenville, Washington Co. |
D | 1930 | 051-LEX-0300.2-X | (Old) Holmes County Community Hospital (II) | Designer | Original building | Lexington, Holmes Co. |
D | 1930 | 049-JAC-3040-NR | Griffith Memorial Baptist Church (II) | Designer | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | c.1935 | 049-JAC-0013-NHL-NRD-ML | Governor's Mansion | Architect | "redecoration" | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939 | 049-JAC-5574-NRD | house, 1044 Manship Street | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1939 | 049-JAC-7192 | Calvin Wells House, 3520 Hawthorne Drive | Designer | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1940 | no file | Bottrell House, 850 Avondale | Designer | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
A | c.1943 | 049-JAC-5069-NRD | W.B. Taylor House, 905 Belhaven Street | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | c.1947 | 049-JAC-4045 | J.R. Flint House, 2777 Terry Road | Architect | Original building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1960 | 091-COL-0632 | Thad Lampton House, 1316 Church Street | Architect | Original Building | Columbia, Marion Co. |
D | 1965-1968 | 001-NAT-1158-NR-NRD | "Cottage Gardens" ("Glen Home") | Architect | Rehabilitation | Natchez, Adams Co. |
D | 1976 | 151-GRV-0332 | Buntin-Baskin House, 145 Bayou Road | Architect | Original building | Greenville, Washington Co. |
D | 1977 | 059-MOS-0417 | Felts House, 3200 Rollins Street, West | Architect | Original building | Moss Point, Jackson Co. |
D | 1977 | 049-JAC-4907 | Ben Puckett Sr. House, 3981 Dogwood Drive | Architect | Original Building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1980 | 049-JAC-4905 | W.E. Walker House, 3974 Dogwood Drive | Architect | Original Building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1981 | no file | Annandale Golf Club | Consulting Architect | clubhouse | Madison, Madison Co. |
D | 1983 | 049-JAC-4906 | J. Kane Ditto House, 3972 Stuart Place | Architect | Original Building | Jackson, Hinds Co. |
D | 1985 | 047-GLF-1458-X | Carol Ann Smith House, 5300 Beach Boulevard, West | Architect | Original Building | Gulfport, Harrison Co. |
A | c 1942 | 081-TUP-0589-NRD | House, 804 Oak Grove Road | Architect | Original Building | Tupelo, Lee Co. |
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