Digital subscriptions provided by the City of Gulfport THE GABBER.COM No. 2799
February 9, 2023- February 15, 2023
History in the Re-Making By Amanda Hagood
GULFPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A midcentury postcard shows the Holiday Inn apartments in full swing – with much of the historic facade still in place.
Pedestrians passing by the apartment building at 3000 Beach Blvd. S. last week may have noticed a curious metamorphosis underway. The square lines once visible where
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the columns of its arcade met the second story of the building have transformed into graceful, curving arches. What they may not realize is that this nearly 100-year-old build-
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ing is taking a step back into its past. Walter O. Brooks built the building known to Gulfport history as “The Holiday Inn” (no relation to the History continued on page 10