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Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] Location Notes 1: Clarksdale Clarksdale: Nov 21, 1911: $10,000 114 Delta Ave. Still serving original function as Free Public Library 2: Greenwood Greenwood: Sep 29, 1911: $10,000 408 W. Washington St. Closed in the 1970s 3: Gulfport Gulfport: May 15, 1916: $10,000 1300 24th Ave.
Two villages predated the founding of Gulfport: Mississippi City, located along the gulf, and Handsboro, founded in the 1800s along the northern bayous. [5] [6] Mississippi City was born out of the Mississippi City Company that was formed in 1837 to build a town to serve as the terminus for the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.
Gulfport: Built in 1944-45, the hangar was used to train combat crews to operate the B-29 Superfortress. From 1947-63, it was the passenger terminal for the Gulfport Municipal Airport. 22: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District
Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison. [3] Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The county was severely damaged from both Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969, and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, causing catastrophic effects.
Grand Casino Gulfport; Grass Lawn (Gulfport, Mississippi) Great Southern Golf Club; Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar; Gulfport station; Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center Historic District; Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport
The Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) Is the official library agency of Mississippi located in Jackson, Mississippi. It was established in 1926 by an Act of the Mississippi Legislature. [ 1 ] It is overseen by a five-member Board of Commissioners.
Hurricane Katrina damaged more than 40 Mississippi libraries. The Pearlington Public Library was a total loss, and it required a complete rebuild. [8] Almost a year later, a member of C.O.D.R.A. (Coalition of Disaster Relief Agencies) in Pearlington noted that all (but 2) homes, every building, and every vehicle in the town of 1600 was destroyed.
The medical center continued to operate into the 21st century, but closed after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge caused the collapse of one structure and flooding of the other buildings to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m). Following storm cleanup, the Veterans Administration transferred the property to the City of Gulfport in 2009. [4]