The house was constructed by Mathilde and Adele Krebs in 1896. It remained in the Krebs family until it was acquired by the Columbus Club (Knights of Columbus) in 1946, and subsequently added to and altered, with a large, incompatible brick meeting room attached to it. This building was included as a contributing element (element #15) in the original Orange Avenue Historic District, which was added to the National Register on 14 August 2001. When that district was resurveyed and enlarged as the Orange Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase No. 1 (which was added to the National Register on 18 September 2013) this building was renumbered within the inventory of properties in the enlarged district as element #20. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 8 May 2008, at the owners’ request, in compliance with the terms of a Hurricane Katrina recovery grant. The house had been seriously damaged by Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005, but it was restored using hurricane recovery grant funds. |