Location Information
(for the Halstead Place)
Name:Halstead Place
Address:617 Beach Drive, East
City/County:Ocean Springs, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1910
Architectural Styles(s):Craftsman
No. of Stories:2
Destroyed:demolished after Katrina (June 2007)
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:20 Apr 1987
    MPS:Ocean Springs Multiple Resource Area
View National Register Nomination Form
Context/Comments
Halstead Place was significant in the agricultural history of Ocean Springs as the home of a family of locally renowned horticulturalists. E.W. Halstead Sr., a former Assistant Horticulturalist for Cuba, and his son, E.W. Halstead Jr., who was in charge of horticultural work in New Mexico for five years and in Cuba for ten years, operated a highly successful nursery and orchard business. They cultivated pecan trees, Satsuma oranges, grapefruit, and other important crops in early 20th century Ocean Springs Agriculture.

The house was demolished in June 2007 after having been seriously damaged by Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005.

This house had been individually listed on the National Register on 20 April 1987, as a component of the Ocean Springs Multiple Resource Area, from a nomination prepared by MDAH architectural historian Brian Berggren. Following its demolition in 2007, it was delisted from the National Register.
Brief Description
1.5 story wood-frame house which rests on brick pier foundation. IT is covered with a side-gable roof which has a large shed-roofed dormer on its southern slope. A wrap-around gallery which shades the facade and east elevation is supported by square posts; the open eaves have exposed rafter tails. Off-center entry is behind the gallery. Windows are 1/1 DHS. Exterior clad in clapboard siding. The interior walls are sheathed in tongue-and-groove wainscoting.