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CEDAR REST CEMETE , 1861, HALLOWEEN PRODUC' IN BY THE HISTORICAL "SOCIETY IS SCHEDULED. — CITY HALL WAS BUILT IN 1905, WAS FIRST JAIL, STILL HAS CELL AND FIRE PROOF VAULT ON SECOND FLOOR WHICH KEPT IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS. SHOO-FLY WAS BUILT ABOUT 1991, LOCATION FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND FOR ENTERTAINING MS. TEEN USA. PARK IN BACK AND TENNIS COURT ENJOYED BY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS. CITY INAUGURATIONS ARE HELD ON TOP OF SHOO-FLY. OUR LADY OF THE GULF CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN 1847 BY BISHOP CHANCE, FIRST BISHOP OF NATCHEZ. MOTHER CHURCH OF HANCOCK COUNTY, 3RD OLDEST CATHOLIC PARISH ON THE GULF COAST, 5TH OLDEST IN MS. ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY THE BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART. IT IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF LEARNING ON THE MS GULF COAST CHARTERED IN 1870 AS A COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. IT BECAME A PREPARATORY IN 1823. 300 STUDENTS ARE HOUSED IN THE DORMITORY FROM MANY STATES AND SOUTH AMERICA. TOTAL ENROLLMENT ABOUT 650 WITH DAY BOYS COMING FROM OUR AREA AND SISTER CITIES ACROSS THE BRIDGE. THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED BY CAMILLE. THE OVERPASS BRIDGE WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IN FEB. 1996 TO REPLACE THE ONE TAKEN IN CAMILLE. ALONG BOOKTER, THE FIRST BUILDING ON YOUR RIGHT HOUSES THE LIBRARY AND CHAPEL. THEN COMES THE INFIRMARY, THE DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN, BAND HALL, POOL, HANDBALL AND TENNIS COURTS, NEW GYM AND SOCCER FIELD. ALICE MOSELEY COTTAGE STUDIO ON BOOKTER, NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED FOLK ARTIST, 86 YEARS OLD, STARTED PAINTING AT 62, MOVED HERE ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO. SHE IS TO BSL WHAT WALTER ANDERSON IS TO OCEAN SPRINGS! WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR HER TO BEGIN PAINTING THE WALLS AND CEILINGS! OPENED 7 DAYS A WEEK 10 TO 5, AN VISIT WITH HER IS AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER.
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