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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D63_jean-baptiste-le-moyne-siuer-de-bienville_Bay-Saint-Louis-MS.html
Jean Baptiste le Moyne Siuer de Bienville. . Explored the Bay of Saint Louis on August 25, 1699 and named it for Louis IX of France.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21U4_gulfside-assembly_Waveland-MS.html
Originally called the Gulfside Chatauqua and Camp Meeting Ground, Gulfside was founded in 1923 by Robert E. Jones, the first black Methodist Bishop. At the time, it was the only resort in the Gulf Region open to black Methodists. In 1980, Gulfside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21TL_pearl-rivers_Waveland-MS.html
The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, locally known as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers." Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet, writer, and published of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Inn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21TI_old-spanish-customs-house_Bay-Saint-Louis-MS.html
On this site stood the "Spanish Customs House," perhaps the oldest structure in Bay St. Louis. The house is believed to have been built by French colonist Hyacinth Caron in 1787. The date of construction is based on an inscription in the brickwork…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21TH_sea-song-plantation_Waveland-MS.html
The home of Andrew Jackson, Jr., a nephew and the adopted son of President Jackson, was located here. Jackson and his wife Sarah, who named the plantation, lived here just before the Civil War. The JAcksons sold the property in 1861. The house , w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21T0_our-lady-of-the-gulf_Waveland-MS.html
Established 1847 by Bishop J.J. Chanche, S.S., first Bishop of Natchez. Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21SK_st-josephs-academy_Bay-Saint-Louis-MS.html
On January 7, 1855, a Catholic parochial school was established on this site by the Sisters of St. Joseph who came to Bay St. Louis from Bourg, France at the request of Reverend Louis Stanislaus Buteux, first pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RN_the-pirate-house_Waveland-MS.html
According to local tradition, the "Pirate House," located here, was built as early as 1802 and was frequented by famed pirate Jean Lafitte and his associates. Later remodeled as a Greek Revival structure, the house is believed to have a secret tun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RG_hancock-county-bank_Bay-Saint-Louis-MS.html
Hancock County Bank opened on October 9, 1899. Weeks later the bank's board of directors purchased this property at the corner of Main Street and South Beach as the site of a new headquarters. Bay St. Louis's first two-story brick building, the ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RD_from-the-people-of-waveland_Waveland-MS.html
In appreciation and gratitude to all who gave their time, energy, and money to help us recover from Hurricane Camille. On August 17, 1969 our city was devastated, but those who cared came to her rescue.