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Gus Blass Department Store

Coordinates: 34°44′43″N 92°16′16″W / 34.74528°N 92.27111°W / 34.74528; -92.27111
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Gus Blass Department Store
Gus Blass Department Store is located in Arkansas
Gus Blass Department Store
Location in Arkansas
Gus Blass Department Store is located in the United States
Gus Blass Department Store
Location in United States
Location318-324 Main St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′43″N 92°16′16″W / 34.74528°N 92.27111°W / 34.74528; -92.27111
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectGeorge R. Mann
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Sullivanesque
Part ofMain Street Commercial District (ID10000396)
MPSLittle Rock Main Street MRA
NRHP reference No.86003122[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986
Designated CPJune 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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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Gus Blass Department Store". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2015.