Greyhound Station

 

is the former Greyhound Bus Station in Jackson, Mississippi, one of the city's best-preserved examples of Streamline Moderne (Art Deco) architecture.

History
The station was built in 1938 during the golden age of intercity bus travel.
It served as Jackson's main Greyhound terminal for decades, when bus travel was one of the most popular ways to travel throughout the South.
The sleek, aerodynamic design reflected the optimism and technological style of the late 1930s, when speed and modernity were celebrated in architecture.
Architectural Features

Your photograph shows many classic Streamline Moderne elements:

Rounded corners that resemble the lines of a train or ocean liner.
Horizontal bands of windows emphasizing motion.
A tall vertical marquee (originally illuminated with the Greyhound name and logo).
Smooth blue enamel panels with contrasting white trim.
Symmetrical façade centered on the main entrance.

This style was widely used for Greyhound terminals because it projected a modern, efficient image for bus travel. Many of these stations were designed by architect William Strudwick Arrasmith, who created dozens of Greyhound terminals across the eastern United States in the 1930s and 1940s.

What happened to it?

After Greyhound moved to newer facilities, the building avoided demolition—a fate that claimed many historic bus stations.

It was carefully restored and adapted for new use as professional offices. For many years it housed the architectural firm of Robert Parker Adams, whose restoration preserved much of the building's distinctive Art Deco appearance. The restoration has often been cited as an excellent example of adaptive reuse.

Why it's significant

The Jackson Greyhound Station is considered:

One of Mississippi's finest surviving Art Deco/Streamline Moderne buildings.
An important reminder of the era when bus transportation connected cities long before interstate highways and widespread commercial air travel.
A successful preservation project demonstrating how historic transportation buildings can find new life.

Its vivid blue exterior makes it especially distinctive among surviving Greyhound terminals, many of which were originally finished in cream, silver, or porcelain enamel.

If you're collecting Mississippi postcards and historic photographs, this station is one of the state's architectural landmarks from the late 1930s and remains a favorite subject for historians and Art Deco enthusiasts.