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PASCAGOULA
architectural elements are evident in the home’s columns, moldings and mantels that were milled on the premises from New Zealand woods. Extending to the second level, the columns and arched fireplace soften the contemporary feel of this remarkable seaside home.
Original paintings of well-known local artists Joe Moran, Opal Smith, and Billy Solatario are arrayed with an eclectic mix of antique and modern furnishings. Notable antiquities and collections include an original Chinese rice basket, a Masada pot dating to 400 B.C., Chilean pottery, sculptures and an 18th century piecrust framed 70” mirror.
Visitors may linger on the decks to enjoy exceptional views, or walk the shoreline before exiting through terraced stucco-walled gardens of award-winning John Arledge Day Lilies.
Floral arrangements throughout the house will feature indigenous plant material from the landscape to emphasize the art of living with our environment. Refreshments will be served.
PASCAGOULA
12.	THE LAPOINTE KREBS HOUSE (OLD SPANISH FORT)
Pascagoula, MS Hours: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm • Sunday, March 28th Hostesses: Pilgrimage Garden Club * Chairmen: Annie Mai Jamison
The LaPointe House, formerly known as Old Spanish Fort, is one of the oldest buildings in the Mississippi Valley. It was erected on land granted to the Duchess de Chaumont, sister of French Admiral Joseph Simon de La Pointe. Marie Josephine, Daughter of LaPointe, was married to Baron Hugo Von Krebs, a planter, surgeon and inventor of a cotton gin. There is a museum and Kreb’s Cemetery, where many of their descendants are buried on grounds shaded by massive live oaks and filled with azaleas. To reach LaPointe-Krebs House from Highway 90, turn north on Pascagoula Street, take a left on Lake Avenue, go past Lake Elementary School then turn right. Brochures and Refreshments will be available.
13.	W.D. HUGHES HOME
2425 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS Hours: 1:00pm - 5:00pm • Sunday, March 28th Hostesses: Pascagoula Garden Club • Chairman: Pam Waddell
The W.D. Hughes Home was built in 1899. The house is currently owned by Garlan S. Williams and Tammy Cauley Williams. The three-story Queen Anne Style was completely restored in 1992 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Some of the homes most interesting features include a spiral staircase which was removed from an old ship and re-built on site in 1899 as well as 2 sets of 9 ft. cypress pocket doors which are original to the house and were discovered sealed inside the front parlor walls during the restoration process. The house has the original heart of pine floors throughout most of it. The first floor boasts 11 foot ceilings and 10 foot on the second floor.
The house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, one with the original claw fcx)t tub, and three with the original beaded boarding.
There are six fireplaces with original mantel and beveled glass mirrors. All light fixtures are either original to the house or purchased through restoration dealers.
The home sits on approximately two acres and has live oaks, magnolias, camellias and over 100 azalea bushes. Many of the plants are believed to be from the original homestead. The grounds contain six very old pecan trees which are rumored to have been planted as early as 1907.
HISTORIC BILOXI
14.	HEADQUARTERS BILOXI VISITOR CENTER BRIELMAIER HOUSE
7/0 East Beach Blvd., Biloxi’s Town Green, Biloxi, MS Hours: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm • Monday, March 29th Hostesses: Biloxi Area Council • Chairman: Debbie Batia
Built in 1895, the Brielmaier House is a treasure trove of tum-of-the-century detail. Tour maps, brochures, coffee.
15. BILOXI LIGHTHOUSE
Highway 90 at Porter Ave., Biloxi, MS Hours: 1.00 pm - 4:00 pm • Monday, March 29th Hostesses: City Staff
Erected in 1848, the Biloxi Lighthouse is reportedly the first cast metal lighthouse on the South. The light was civilian operated from 1848 to 1939, and is notable for its several female light keepers, including Maria Younghans, who tended the light for 53 years. In 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the light’s operation. After being declared surplus property in 1968, the Biloxi Lighthouse was deeded to the City of Biloxi.
16.	HISTORIC PLEASENT REED HOUSE
386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS Hours: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm • Monday, March 29th Hostesses: Museum Staff
The simple lines of this historic sidehall shotgun house will remind you of your grandparents’s own home. Reminisce about the early 1900’s as you visit the spring vegetable garden and sample the sweet tea and old-fashioned teacakes your grandmother used to bake. Authentic furnishings from the early 1900’s will take you back in time to another era. The relocation of the Pleasent Reed House to the future site of the the new Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art insures that this cultural and educational resource can be used to tell the story of a modest but remarkable man who is part of Biloxi’s diverse cultural legacy.


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