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panes. A typical layout was the dogtrot: two log rooms with a central passage between them, sharing a common roof. A kitchen was located in a small separate structure away from the main house, in order to reduce the risk of fire. These buildings were always built from local materials, usually to meet the urgent, basic need for shelter. Early dwellings of this type tended therefore to be large, strong and durable rather than beautiful and convenient. Worth noting is that buildings were not erected over two stories, because there was no need to save ground space. It has been stated that all residential structures built before 1830 were built solely on the ground floor (“Old Pioneer Home (Circa 1935-7),” Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society, August 1975).
Pearlington was incorporated as a city in 1822. In 1836, a valuable sulfur spring was discovered and Pearlington garnered interest in the assumed medicinal qualities of the waters (Jenkins, Bill, _ ed., 1991).	,•	c(	\x
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Bay St. Louis established itself as a major resort tovtfn as well as a “watering place” for trips . between Mobile and New Orleans. It incorporated as Shieldsboro .in,1818. The first hotel, the Bay St. Louis hotel, opened in 1839. None of the hotels from this period stand today.
ireen transjWfpa^lardporcelainplate^ (AD 1829-1840) from site in Hancock County (left) (FEMA photo 2012). French red wine bottle, free-blown Bordeaux'base, laid-on ring Champagne finish (AD 1800-1860) (FEMA photo 2012).
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Hurricane Katrina destroyed the two remaining residences in Bay St. Louis from this period. These were Glen Oaks (Kimbrough House) at 806 North Beach Boulevard, a ca. 1820 house that had been renovated in ca. 1890 in the Shingle Style and Elmwood Manor at 902 North Beach Boulevard, a caH828 French Colonial house.
Late Antebellum (1845-1861)
The growth of New Orleans and Mobile, steamboat service and annual yellow fever outbreaks in the cities made Bay St. Louis a popular summer resort destination during the antebellum period. No hotels or public accommodations survive from this era. Among vacation houses were three
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