Gov. Hugh L. White Mansion

Hugh White owned the J. J. White Lumber Company and was mayor of Columbia from 1926 to 1936. His Balance Agriculture With Industry program, begun in his first term in January 1936, let local governments issue bonds to build factories and lease them to companies, which also received tax breaks, backed by advertising. He served two non-consecutive terms, 1936 to 1940 and 1952 to 1956, and retired from politics after the second. He died in McComb in 1965 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery there. The house is part of the Keys Hill Historic District.

Where it stands

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