May and Cooney Dry Goods Company

205 E. Side Sq., Huntsville, Alabama. County/parish: Madison.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 22, 1980. NRIS 80000720.

Part of Downtown Huntsville MRA (NRIS 64000013).

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Elbert H. Parsons Law Library

The Elbert H. Parsons Law Library (also known as the May and Cooney Dry Goods Company Building) is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama. The person for whom the building was ultimately named, Elbert H. Parsons (1907–1968), was a Huntsville-based judge of the Alabama Circuit Court.

In 1973, it was purchased by the county and renovated to house a public law library.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835336