Although the Great Southern Hotel was torn down around 1950, the Power Plant building - or atleast portions of it -- remained in use until Hurricane Katrina gutted it in 2005. In the 1960's through the late 1980's, the building housed the local Ford dealership -- some parts of the building were demolished or remodeled to accommodate the dealership. The narrow part of the building -- the north end, fronted on what is now 13th Street in downtown Gulfport.