The former May Company building was a department store designed and built in 1939 by architects A. C. Martin and Samuel Marx. Its eye-catching southwest corner hemi-cylinder, clad in Italian gold-glass mosaic, was designed to attract suburban motorists. Photography by Carol Highsmith

The former May Company building was a department store designed and built in 1939 by architects A. C. Martin and Samuel Marx. Its eye-catching southwest corner hemi-cylinder, clad in Italian gold-glass mosaic, was designed to attract suburban motorists.

Photography by Carol Highsmith