Penn Jeffries Krouse, usually known as P.J. Krouse was a prolific architect in the state of Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

. Many of his buildings were located in the Meridian

Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It is the sixth largest city in the state and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area...

 area.

Buildings he designed that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 include:

• Bobo Senior High School Building, 131 School St. Clarksdale MS (Krouse, P.J.)
• Clarke County Courthouse and Confederate Monument, Archusa St. at head of Main St. Quitman MS (Krouse, Penn J.)
• First Presbyterian Church of Meridian
  First Presbyterian Church of Meridian
  First Presbyterian Church of Meridian is a historic church in Meridian, Mississippi, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1979. The church was founded in 1856 by eight members including John T. Ball and Lewis A. Ragsdale, founders of the city of Meridian...
  
   (1913), 911 23rd Ave. Meridian MS (Krouse,P.J.)
• Jones County Courthouse and Confederate Monument at Ellisville, Bounded by Court, Holly, Calhoun and Ivy Sts. Ellisville MS (Krouse, Penn Jeffries)
• One or more buildings in Laurel Central Historic District, Roughly bounded by Tenth and Thirteenth Sts., First Ave., Seventh and Fifth Sts., and Eighth Ave. Laurel MS (Krouse,P.J.)
• Alex Loeb Building, 2115 5th St. Meridian MS (Krouse,P.J.)
• Masonic Temple (Meridian, Mississippi)
  Masonic Temple (Meridian, Mississippi)
  The Masonic Temple at 1220 26th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was also listed as a contributing property to the Merrehope Historic District in 1988...
  
  , 1220 26th Ave. Meridian MS (Krouse & Hutchisson)
• One or more buildings in Meridian Downtown Historic District, Roughly bounded by twenty-sixth Ave., Eighteenth Ave., Sixth St., and Front St. Meridian MS (Krouse, P.J.)
• Meridian City Hall
  Meridian City Hall
  City Hall in Meridian, Mississippi in the United States is located at 601 24th Avenue. Originally designed by architect P.J. Krouse in 1915, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and as a Mississippi Landmark in 1988...
  
  , 601 24th Ave. Meridian, MS
• Stevenson Primary School, 1015 25th Ave. Meridian MS (Krouse,P.J.)
• U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Meridian, Mississippi), 2100 9th St. Meridian MS (Krouse & Fort), an Art Deco
  Art Deco
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   building

He also designed the Scottish Rite Cathedral

Scottish Rite Cathedral (Meridian, Mississippi)

The Scottish Rite Cathedral in Meridian, Mississippi is a former building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was designed in Egyptian Revival style by prolific Meridian architect P.J...

 (1914), which was listed on the National Register until it was destroyed by fire in 1985.

Other buildings, not ever NRHP-listed, designed by Krouse include:

• A Greek Revival
  Greek Revival architecture
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   octagonal synagogue for Congregation Beth Israel
  Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi)
  Congregation Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi is a Reform Jewish congregation founded in 1868 and a member of the Union for Reform Judaism. The congregation's first permanent house of worship was a Middle Eastern style building constructed in 1879...
  
   of Meridian, which was built in 1906. It was used until 1964 and subsequently demolished.

Krouse was a member of the Scottish Rite

Scottish Rite

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry , commonly known as simply the Scottish Rite, is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry...

 subgroup of Freemasonry

Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...