This Art Deco department store building was built in 1931-32. It was originally listed on the National Register in 1981 as element #17 in the Hattiesburg Hub City Historic District, and it was later included as element #23 in the enlarged Hub City Historic District (Boundary Increase II), which was placed on the National Register on 9 November 2012. It is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 317, PW28). |