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FORREST COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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1905, W. S. Hull; 1922 remodeled, E. J. Hull. 630 Main St.

This rigorous neoclassical revival building of red brick rises two stories from a raised basement. Its full-height portico of four unfluted, stone Ionic columns, entablature, abstracted frieze, and paneled balustrade is impressive.

On the next block, Robert E. Lee designed the Masonic Temple (1920; 700 Main) as a stout, pedimented temple with a deep entablature and Doric columns in antis. R. H. Hunt designed the Gothic Revival Main Street Methodist Church (1909–1910; 712 Main) with square corner towers, the taller with a pagoda-like roof. At 723 Main, the tan brick Mediterranean-styled Hattiesburg Cultural Center, originally the Hattiesburg Public Library (1930, E. C. Hearon and Sons), features a curved, split staircase rising to the principal floor’s arched entrance porch.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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U.S. POST OFFICE
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "FORREST COUNTY COURTHOUSE", [Hattiesburg, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-PW25.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 315-315.

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