Location Information
(for the Cain Hall)
Name:Cain Hall [Auditorium Building]
Address:Hinds Community College
City/County:Raymond, Hinds County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1926
Architectural Styles(s):Neoclassical
No. of Stories:2
Remodeling Date:1977
Destroyed:burned 7 Mar 1998
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:10 Mar 1997
Date Delisted:15 Dec 1999
View National Register Nomination Form
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:01-24-1991
Recorded:01-08-1991
Book/Vol. No.:V. 388, p. 525
Context/Comments
Built in 1926, the year that Hinds County Agricultural high School was reorganized as Hinds Junior College, Cain Hall served as the administration building for the college, containing offices, classrooms, the library, and an auditorium. Originally called the Administration Building, its name was changed in 1982 to honor the former college president George Judson Cain.

It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 24 January 1991, and it was listed on the National Register on 10 March 1997.

Not quite a year later, on 7 March 1988, Cain Hall was destroyed by a fire. It was subsequently delisted from Mississippi Landmark status on 2 Apr 1998, and it was delisted from the National Register on 15 December 1999.

This building is included in "The State of Mississippi – Historic Properties" (1982) (p. 8), and it is mentioned in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.279, in the listing for Hinds Community College, JM77).