page_title: P. J. Krouse
section_title: Projects
hierarchical_section_title: P. J. Krouse / Projects
caption_attribution_description: English: A postcard of the Greek Revival style temple used by Congregation Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi from 1906 to 1964. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 89000169
context_page_description: Penn Jeffries Krouse, usually known as P. J. Krouse was a prolific architect in the state of Mississippi. Many of his buildings were located in the Meridian area.
context_section_description: Buildings designed by Krouse span a wide range of architectural styles including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Egyptian Revival, Beaux Arts, and Art Deco. Krouse designed buildings in Meridian and Laurel, Mississippi, as well as courthouses in Clarke, Jones, Yalobusha, Lauderdale, and Pearl River County.
  Many buildings Krouse designed or helped to design are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Works include:
  Bobo Senior High School Building – 131 School St., Clarksdale, NRHP-listed
  Clarke County Courthouse and Confederate Monument – Archusa St. at head of Main St., Quitman, NRHP-listed
  First Presbyterian Church of Meridian – 911 23rd Ave., Meridian, NRHP-listed
  Jones County Courthouse – Ellisville, NRHP-listed
  Alex Loeb Building – 2115 5th St., Meridian, NRHP-listed
  Masonic Temple – 1220 26th Ave., Meridian, NRHP-listed
  Meridian City Hall – 601 24th Ave., Meridian, NRHP-listed as Municipal Building
  Stevenson Primary School – 1015 25th Ave., Meridian, NRHP-listed
  U.S. Post Office and Courthouse – 2100 9th St., Meridian, NRHP-listed
  Scottish Rite Cathedral (1914), which was listed on the National Register until it was destroyed by fire in 1985.
  Former Beth Istrael synagogue (1906) of the Congregation Beth Israel of Meridian.  This was a Greek Revival octagonal synagogue built in 1906. It was used until 1964 and subsequently demolished.
  One or more buildings in NRHP-listed Laurel Central Historic District, roughly bounded by Tenth and Thirteenth Sts., First Ave., Seventh and Fifth Sts., and Eighth Ave., Laurel
  One or more buildings in NRHP-listed Meridian Downtown Historic District, roughly bounded by Twenty-Sixth Ave., Eighteenth Ave., Sixth St., and Front St., Meridian
caption: Beth Israel temple, 1906
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