The Forrest Hotel was built in 1928-29. It was originally listed on the National Register in 1981 as element #26 in the Hattiesburg Hub City Historic District, and it was later included as element #3 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) (pp. 316-317, in the listing for the Saenger Theater, PW27). |