Area less than one acre Opened 1912 | Built 1912 (1912) Added to NRHP 13 November 1986 | |
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Location 318-324 Main St., Little Rock, Arkansas Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Sullivanesque Part of Main Street Commercial District (#10000396) MPS Little Rock Main Street MRA Similar Big Dam Bridge, Broadway Bridge, Little Rock Zoo, Funland Amusement Park, Pinnacle Mountain State Park | ||
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.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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