 Hill added that he expected an additional $375,000 more for buildings with another $1,300,200 to be added soon afterward.Algernon Blair is credited for being the architect and A.C. Samford was the contractor for the construction project.There were complaints about using imported labor; on April 4, 1931, Captain M. A. McFadden who was in charge of construction said at a local Rotary Club meeting that ninety percent of the labor employed in the construction was local labor.