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Abandoned Schools of Mississippi
Vaiden
Vaiden High School, constructed in 1943 in Vaiden, Mississippi, is a historic two-and-a-half-story, U-plan building made of poured monolithic concrete with a low-slope roof hidden behind parapet walls.
Shaw
Shaw High School, built in 1923, was designed by architect N.W. Overstreet in Prairie and Italian Renaissance styles.
Clarksdale High
Clarksdale’s Bobo High School, later known as Clarksdale High School, was a historic institution overlooking the Sunflower River in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Antioch School
The Antioch School in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and County Road 829 in Tippah County, opened in the 1930s as the Antioch Colored School, a vital educational hub for African American students during segregation.
Cockrum
Cockrum School, located at the crossroads of Mississippi Highway 305 and Holly Springs Road in DeSoto County, opened around 1928 as a vital hub for the rural Cockrum community.
Industrial College
Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is one of ten historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) founded before 1868 that are still operating.
Stone School
Nestled in the quiet of Porterville, Mississippi, the Porterville School stands as a weathered relic of Kemper County’s past, its aged stones whispering of long-gone school days.
Champions
In a secluded corner of rural Mississippi, time has frozen in the form of an abandoned elementary school, untouched by vandals and preserved by the very forces of nature that are slowly reclaiming it.
Lamar Elementary
UPDATE: The worst has happened...
Lamar Elementary School, which opened in 1908 as a humble two-room building known as Kingston School, has a rich history and legacy.
Lamar Elementary School, which opened in 1908 as a humble two-room building known as Kingston School, has a rich history and legacy.
Old Salem
Built in 1914, this structure is Noxubee County's most significant extant early twentieth century public school building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Funny the front door is still locked while many windows are missing & the backdoors were wide open. The floors above were sagging. Especially the one on the west side. It is why didn't venture upstairs. Looking through the windows upstairs by drone, it's completely empty anyway.
Maben
The abandoned school in Maben, Mississippi, known as the former Maben High School, has a rich history as an educational institution that served the local community for many years.
Utica
Utica was originally an area known as Cane Ridge. In 1837, it was given the name Utica at the suggestion of the then postmaster, Ozias Osborn, who came from Utica, New York. The town was incorporated in 1880.
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