Columbia High School (Mississippi)
Columbia High School is a secondary school located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. It is in Columbia School District.
The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui.[1] It was built in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration.[2]
Notable alumni
Ernest Duff (1931-2016), businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop[3]
Walter Payton, hall of fame former Chicago Bears running back who died in 1999, and the namesake for the Walter Payton Award
References
^ http://home.nctv.com/mfazio/mhs_columbia.htm
^ Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
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External links
- Official website
Coordinates: 31°15′07″N 89°49′11″W / 31.252057°N 89.819720°W / 31.252057; -89.819720
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