Thought to be the oldest hotel structure surviving on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Constructed in 1847 for John Hohn. The building and its history illustrate the close social and economic ties between the Mississippi Coast and New Orleans and document the historic importance of tourism to the area. This building was individually listed on the National Register on 14 March 1973. It was not within the original Biloxi Downtown Historic District, as listed in 1998, but it was added to the district as element #20 (previously listed) in the Biloxi Downtown Historic District Boundary Increase, which was placed on the National Register on 13 January 2015. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 11 October 1985. The former hotel building is included in "The Buildings of Biloxi" (1976, pp. 98-100; 2000, pp. 99-101; and 2010, pp. 99-101); "Maritime Biloxi (Images of America)" (2000) (p. 21); "Biloxi (Images of America)" (2009) (p. 59); and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 348, GC25). |