The irregularly shaped Pulaski South Historic Residential and Industrial District takes in most of the south side of the Pulaski County town of Pulaski. The area was the location of the majority of the town’s businesses and residences in 1886 when Pulaski, formerly known as Martin’s Tank, was incorporated. A leading contributor to the community’s growth was the Bertha Zink and Mineral Co. The company’s workers’ houses, commissary, and office occupy the district’s west end. A contrast to the usual detached frame workers’ houses is the Bertha Company’s two-story, six-unit residential structure on State Street. By 1900 the Pulaski South Historic Residential and Industrial District had acquired an unusually fine collection of Queen Anne residences, most of them embellished with fancy wooden porches with sawn-work or turned ornaments. The closing of several industries before or during the Depression slowed growth and facilitated the preservation of the neighborhood’s early 20th-century character.