Gus Blass Department Store

Gus Blass Department Store
Location 318-324 Main St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′43″N 92°16′16″W / 34.74528°N 92.27111°W / 34.74528; -92.27111Coordinates: 34°44′43″N 92°16′16″W / 34.74528°N 92.27111°W / 34.74528; -92.27111
Area less than one acre
Built 1912 (1912)
Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Sullivanesque
Part of Main Street Commercial District (#10000396)
MPS Little Rock Main Street MRA
NRHP reference # 86003122[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1986
Designated CP June 25, 2010

The Gus Blass Department Store is a historic commercial building at 318-324 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a seven-story masonry structure, built in 1912 to a design by George R. Mann, a leading Arkansas architect. It was one of the first instances of two-way concrete slab construction in the nation, and was one of the first department stores in the state to be air conditioned (in 1936). The Blass Department Store was for many years the city's largest department store, and remained in business here into the 1970s, ultimately becoming a part of the Dillard's department store chain before closing in 1972.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Gus Blass Department Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01.


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