Old Hattiesburg High School, Tudor Revival school building in Hattiesburg, United States.
Old Hattiesburg High School is a four-story red brick building with steep gable roofs and cast-stone decorative details across its front. The structure also includes tan brick sections added later, creating a visual record of how the building expanded over time.
The rear tan-brick section was built in 1911; the front red-brick main building followed in 1921, designed by Hattiesburg architect Robert E. Lee. The school closed in 1959, then served as school district offices and an antiques mall until 2001. After Hurricane Katrina damage in 2005 and an arson fire in 2007, renovation began in 2019 and the building reopened as Preservation Crossing Apartments.
The building's name comes from its role as Hattiesburg's public high school until 1959. After closure it housed the Hattiesburg Public School District offices, then an antiques mall until 2001. Since 2021 it has operated as Preservation Crossing Apartments, with 56 one-bedroom and 18 two-bedroom units.
After a 2007 fire, the building underwent major restoration and now contains 74 apartment units at Preservation Crossing Apartments. The conversion to residential use means the interior is not open to the public, though the historic exterior is visible from the street.
The 1921 front block was designed by Hattiesburg architect Robert E. Lee, who shares his name with the Confederate general but was a local designer. The 1911 rear wing behind it is plainer: tan brick, a flat roof and no ornamentation. The two phases are easy to tell apart from North Main Street.
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