Constructed in 1898, the William Hull Building was associated with William Hull, 1840 - 1923, a pioneer lumberman in Clay County, the leading lumber producer in the USA from 1880 to 1920. Hull, described as a small man with flashing black eyes, was the father of five boys; his middle son, Cordell, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and founded the United Nations. The building's walls are 13 inches thick and made of solid clay brick produced across the square. Over time, it housed department stores, lawyer offices in which each office had a moonshine bottle in the ceiling, a funeral home, and a restaurant, and it was renovated from 1999 to 2011 by Diane Morrison.