Name: | Armstrong-Weider Cottage |
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Address: | 505 Washington Avenue |
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City/County: | Ocean Springs, Jackson County |
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Architectural Styles(s): | Queen Anne |
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NR District Name: | Old Ocean Springs (1987) |
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Book/Vol. No.: | V. 1096, p. 20 |
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A wood-frame Late Victorian T-front cottage. This house is now part of the Walter Anderson Museum. It received a museum grant (under HB 1502) in 1996. This house survived Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Originally listed as element #24. |
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1.5-story, frame, three-bay-wide (d-wd-d) Folk Victorian T-front house with an intersecting gable roof and a hip wraparound porch supported by bracketed turned posts spanned by a turned balustrade. Bay 2 entry is a 2-light over 2-panel wood door with enclosed transom. Windows are 6/6 wood double-hung-sash. Distinctive features include variegated shingle work in the gable end with diamond motifs, arched faux truss work, and decorative exposed porch rafters. The house has a brick pier foundation, clapboard siding, and a pressed metal roof. A gable wing extends from the rear (west) elevation. |
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This domicile was erected under the ownership of John and Helen Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong served as a bridge gang foreman and water pumper for the L&N Railroad. The residence remained in the Armstrong family until 1941 when it was sold to Frank Weider, a local carpenter. The property is now part of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and was listed as a Mississippi Landmark in 1996. |
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