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2.	MOSS POINT. JACKSON COUNTY WELCOME CENTER, Interstate 1-10, one mile west of the Alabama State Line. Opened in June of 1984, this building is a replica of a colonial style southern mansion. The ground floor features two parlors. It is furnished in antique period pieces dating from 1700 and has draperies styled in keeping with the era. Hostesses: Moss Point Garden Club. Maps will be available.
THE A. F. DANTZLER HOUSE, 5005 Griffin Street. This Queen Anne style house was built in 1906 by A. F. Dantzler out of heart pine timber selected from the L. N. Dantzler Mill in Moss Point. The Dantzler family occupied the house until 1921 when it was rented to the Alberts family who eventually purchased the house in 1922. The Alberts occupied the home until 1985. Vallie A. Dantzler purchased the house in 1986. The house was repaired at that time and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In February of 1993, the house and contents were purchased by Drs. Presley and Tara Mallett. Members of the Moss Point Garden Club will serve refreshments.
Maps of Moss Point’s ancient live oaks will be provided for a self-
guided tour.
3.	PASCAGOULA. Home of Mr. and Mrs. John Waddell, 2503 Pascagoula St. This home was built in 1898 for Mr. L. D. Herrick, a prominent businessman. This Queen Anne style home was designed by Architect John Stone and constructed of cypress and longleaf yellow pine. This residence consists of multiple gables, complex roof and tower. Windows are in a variety of styles and shapes, among them Queen Anne double hung and circular. The wrap around porch has pairs of columns set on wood bases which span a turned wood railing. Inside parlor and dining room ceilings are of decorative tin, while in the foyer they are of wood joiner. The addition of 3 baths and modernized kitchen are the only significant changes that have been made since the house was originally built. The two-story structure has a symmetrical floor plan for both floors and many windows, typical of the Victorian period homes. From 1936 to 1942, the Herrick house remained vacant and was in need of much repair. May 16, 1941, joining together with Pascagoula’s clean-up campaign, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. provided the labor to paint the house. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in January, 1992, the present owners John and Pam Waddell are working together to cosmetically restore the house. Hostesses: Members of the Pascagoula Garden Club.
BEAUVOIR, TULLIS TOLEDANO MANSION, WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM, OLD SPANISH FORT
Monday, March 21-1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
NOTE: Free admission to Beauvoir and The Walter Anderson Museum is by Gulf Coast Council of Garden Clubs tickets only. Advance tickets will be available at the Harrison County Tourism Commission building from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 15th or call Beverly Stanbro at 452-9287.
BEAUVOIR
Pilgrimage Chairman: Mrs. Harry O. Evers
Located in Biloxi on West Beach Blvd. at Beauvoir Road. Beauvoir is the last home of the only President of the Confederacy. Built c. 1852-54, it houses Davis family heirlooms, a Confederate Museum and the Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier. The Beach Garden Society established an arboretum on the grounds with identified and
labeled plant species, now supported also by the Gulf Coast Council of Garden Clubs. Members of Beach Garden Society will serve as hostesses.
TULLIS-TOLEDANO
TULLIS-TOLEDANO MANOR, East Beach Blvd. 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The old kitchen will be included in the open house, with copies of yesteryear’s cookery available. Built by Christoval and Matilda Toledano, circa 1856, the rich detail entranceway and dormers enhanced one of Biloxi’s most striking early mansions. Owned by the City of Biloxi by purchase from the Tullis family after Hurricane Camille, the house has been restored and furnished in period furniture, and is operated in conjunction with the Tullis Board as an historical attraction. Tulllis annually hosts the “Ethnic Trees of Christmas” and is part of the “Christmas on the Water” for Biloxi’s spectacular Christmas weekend. The spacious grounds still contain some of Biloxi’s legendary live oaks.
WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM
Pilgrimage Chairman: Mrs. Robert E. Meyer
510 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs. The Walter Anderson Museum showcases more than 150 pieces of art by the famed Ocean Springs artist, woodcarver and naturalist. Special exhibits are often on display in this beautiful building flooded with light. Hostesses: The Gulf Hills Garden Club.
OLD SPANISH FORT & KREBS CEMETERY
Pilgrimage Chairman: Anna Mae Jamison
Fort Drive, Pascagoula. From U.S. 90, tum north on Pascagoula Street, take a left on Lake Avenue, and past Lake Avenue Elementary School; there are signs to direct you. The Old Spanish Fort has the distinction of being the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley. It was erected about 1718 on land granted to the Duchess de Chaumont, who was a favorite in the Court of Louis XIV and the sister of French Admiral Joseph Simon de la Pointe. Marie Josephine, daughter of de la Pointe, married Baron Hugo von Krebs in the early 1730’s. Baron von Krebs was a planter, surgeon, and the inventor of a cotton gin many years prior to Eli Whitney’s. Kreb’s Cemetery, which occupies a comer of the grounds at the Old Spanish Fort is the burying place for many of the descendants of Baron von Krebs; the oldest graves in the cemetery are those of his children. Most of the inscriptions on the early graves are in French and give evidence of the high infant mortality rate during the Colonial period. The cemetery is shaded by massive live oaks


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