Location Information
(for the Lousiville & Nashville Railroad Supervisor's House)
Name:Lousiville & Nashville Railroad Supervisor's House [Labrot House]
Address:400 Wind Drift Lane
City/County:Gautier, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1899
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR District Name:Gautier Beachfront (2013)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:3a
Context/Comments
The dwelling is an outstanding example of residential railroad construction, having board-and-batten siding and a traditional building form.
Brief Description
One-story frame residence with a hip roof clad in asphalt shingles. The exterior is board-and-batten. The primary elevation is south. There is a centered roof dormer with paired single -light windows. An undercut porch extends across the south elevation and wraps around the east west elevations. The porch is supported by square wood posts with picketed balustrade. There are five bays: W-W-D-W-W. The windows are floor-to-ceiling 2/4 wood double hung. The wood door has a single-light transom and sidelights. A hip roof addition extends to the north from the rear.
Historic Information
The house was constructed c.1899 for Sylvester W. Labrot, the superintendent of the L&N Railroad Creosote Plant, and is the only remaining structure associated with the creosote plant. The land on which the house was originally part of the Henry Gautier estate until it was sold by his wife, Adelaide Gautier to Mr. Labrot in 1899. The Labrots lived in the house for three years until they sold the property to the L&N Railroad Company, where the house continued to be used as company housing for the superintendent until the mid-twentieth century. Today the house is the one surviving structure associated with the creosote plant.