Location Information
(for the Mathilde and Adele Krebs House)
Name:Mathilde and Adele Krebs House [Knights of Columbus Hall]
Address:3604 Magnolia Street
City/County:Pascagoula, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1894
Architectural Styles(s):Queen Anne
No. of Stories:1.5
Registration Information
NR District Name:Orange Avenue (2001)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:15
NR District Name:Orange Avenue Boundary Increase No. 1 (2013)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:20
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:05-08-2008
Recorded:10-03-2012
Book/Vol. No.:1688/496
Easement Information
Date Signed:06-21-2007
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Book/Vol. No.:Book 1503 Pg. 577-586
Context/Comments
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.
Brief Description
1.5 story, wood-frame Queen Anne house on brick pier foundation with clapboard siding. Main facade faces west and is seven-bays (W-W-D-W-W-W-W). Side-gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. Two front-facing gabled dormers with spindle trusses. Wraparound hipped roof porch supported by bracketed turned posts and spanned by a geometric balustrade. Hipped-roof double-gallery porch is on south elevation. Windows are 2/2 wood DHS. First floor windows have decorative shutters. Two of the original gable-roof wings and a gable dormer are at the rear.