Location Information
(for the Hastings-Simmons Hall Hastings Hall, Columbus Hall Annex)
Name:Hastings-Simmons Hall (Hastings Hall, Columbus Hall Annex)
Address:Mississippi University for Women
City/County:Columbus, Lowndes County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1900
Architectural Styles(s):Queen Anne
No. of Stories:3.5
Registration Information
NR District Name:South Columbus (1982)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:499
NR District Name:South Columbus Amendment No. 2 (Boundary Increase/Decrease) (2021)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:451
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:03-05-1986
Recorded:04-15-1986
Book/Vol. No.:V. 772, p. 202
Context/Comments
Hastings Hall, like its companion, Columbus Hall, is significant for its use of Queen Anne style architecture for a large institutional structure. It is also significant for its association with Chattanooga architect R. H. Hunt who designed several other buildings on the campus and elsewhere in Columbus.

It was listed as a contributing element (element #499) in the South Columbus Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 1982. When that district was resurveyed and enlarged as the South Columbus Historic District Amendment No. 2 (which was added to the National Register 29 September 2021) this building was included in the enlarged district as element #451 (previously listed/contributing). It was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1986.

Hastings-Simmons Hall is included in "The State of Mississippi – Historic Properties" (1982) (pp. 16-17) and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.188, in the listing for Mississippi University for Women, PR32).
Brief Description
Four-story, Queen Anne structure on raised basement. Brick construction. Hipped roof with octagonal turret. Fourth-story has hipped-dormer windows. Limestone stringcourses.
Historic Information
Constructed in 1900 for use as dining and residence hall, containing 63 additional bedrooms. Later, during the 1960s & 1970s, the building housed Admissions and Guidance offices. Renovated in the early 1980s. By 1982, used to house MUW Print Shop and Credit Union. Hastings-Simmons Hall was more thoroughly renovated in 1991-92, and converted into apartment-style suites.