Location Information
(for the Armstrong-Weider Cottage)
Name:Armstrong-Weider Cottage
Address:505 Washington Avenue
City/County:Ocean Springs, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1900
Architectural Styles(s):Queen Anne
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR District Name:Old Ocean Springs (1987)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:24
NR District Name:Old Ocean Springs (Boundary Increase) (2014)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:508
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:07-23-1996
Recorded:09-04-1996
Book/Vol. No.:V. 1096, p. 20
Context/Comments
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.

It was was included as a contributing element (element #24) in the original Old Ocean Springs Historic District, which had been placed on the National Register on 7 October 1987. That district was later resurveyed and enlarged as the Old Ocean Springs Historic District Boundary Increase, which was placed on the National Register on 2 June 2014; and the buildings in the original district were re-inventoried and renumbered. This building is now listed as element #508 in the enlarged Old Ocean Springs Historic District. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 23 July 1996.
Brief Description
1.5-story, frame, three-bay-wide (d-wd-d) Folk Victorian T-front house with an intersecting gable roof and a hip-roofed 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.
Historic Information
This domicile was erected under the ownership of John and Helen Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong worked 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.