The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is awarding almost $2 million in grants to help preserve and restore courthouses and schools and other historic properties. Among the grants announced Friday:

• $210,480 for the LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula to preserve the building’s mid-18th century characteristics;

• $160,000 for restoration of the M&O Depot in Aberdeen;

• $128,916 to repair the bell tower at City Hall in Yazoo City;

• $75,447 for rehabilitation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Convent in Vicksburg;

• $67,201 for roofing repair at the former West Point Colored High School in West Point.

• $59,648 for restoration of the Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown.

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Preserving past is perpetual process

by Dennis Moore, Mississippi Today
December 5, 2016

<h1>Preserving past is perpetual process</h1> <p class="byline">by Dennis Moore, Mississippi Today <br />December 5, 2016</p> <p>The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is awarding almost $2 million in grants to help preserve and restore courthouses and schools and other historic properties. Among the grants announced Friday:</p> <p>•&nbsp;$210,480 for the LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula to preserve the building’s mid-18th century characteristics;</p> <p>• $160,000 for restoration of the M&amp;O Depot in Aberdeen;</p> <p><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-108-FRT7-187">•</span><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-133"></span> $128,916 to repair the bell tower at City Hall in Yazoo City;</p> <p><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-108-FRT7-187">•</span><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-133"></span> $75,447 for rehabilitation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Convent in Vicksburg;</p> <p><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-108-FRT7-187">•</span><span class="-newsgate--ccix-command-133"></span> $67,201 for roofing repair at the former West Point Colored High School in West Point.</p> <p>• $59,648 for restoration of the Walthall County Courthouse in Tylertown.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2016/12/05/preserving-past-is-perpetual-process/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37337&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2016/12/05/preserving-past-is-perpetual-process/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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