This building served as a public library until 1966, when it was converted to offices for the Board of Education. It later served as Harrison County Sheriff’s Office until 1990. In 2004, it became the the Mississippi Sound Historical Museum. It was damaged by Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005. This building was not included in the (old) Harbor Square Historic District, but it was later included as element #35 in the (new) Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 25 October 2011. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 5 February 1990. It is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 343, within the listing for the U.S. Post Office and Customhouse, GC16). |