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While apartment buildings were uncommon in early-twentieth-century Mississippi towns, Tupelo has several dating from the 1910s to the 1930s, primarily on Jefferson, Green, Magazine, and Main streets. Their construction resulted from rapid, steady population growth amid the development of the textile industry and thriving dairy farming and the destruction of hundreds of houses in the 1936 tornado. The red brick unit at 536 W. Jefferson has a triple-arched entrance, with a columned loggia above, between projecting hipped-roofed blocks. The brown brick unit at 319 W. Jefferson is similar and includes end-wall porte-cocheres.