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Extant and non-extantJtomes cm Ballentine Street that were part of the former Beach Boulevard National Register Historic District. Clockwise from ujiper left 247 Ballentine Street, ca. 1905 - still standing (FEMA photo 2013), 244 Ballentine Street, ca. 1930 — still stemming (FEMA photo 201$), 248 Ballentine Street, ca. 1925 — damaged by Hurricane Katrina, no longer standfrtg (photo courtesy of Hancock County Historical Society).
Washto(ton Street National Register Historic District
The Washington Street Historic District was a 2.18-acre, 12-building district located primarily on the south side of Washington, west of the railroad tracks. The Washington Street Historic District was significant beeavtse it contained what remained of a small Black settlement that had developed in Bay St, Louis by the 1920s. The structures within this district illustrated the evolution of the shotjpffi and Creole cottage house types. FEMA recommended delisting because the western expansion of the Old Bay St. Louis District absorbed this historic district.
Svcamare- Street National Register Historic District
The Sycarrgjjg Street Historic District was composed of 10 buildings on the north side of Sycamore Street to the east and west of Old Spanish Trail. The Sycamore Street Historic District contained valuable architectural resources dating from ca. 1860 through the 1920s and was significant because of its importance to the study of Black History in Bay St. Louis. The district was part of what remained of a small Black settlement that once extended east, north and west of
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