Location Information
(for the Lyndwood)
Name:Lyndwood [First Presbyterian Parsonage]
Address:915 Ocean Avenue
City/County:Ocean Springs, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1934
Architectural Styles(s):Minimal Traditional
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR District Name:Old Ocean Springs (1987)
    NR Status:Contributing, Marginal
    Element No.:485
Context/Comments
Originally listed as element #86, 'marginal.'
Brief Description
One-story, frame, four-bay-wide (porch-www-d-ww) multi-gabled Minimal Traditional residence with a gable entry
porch supported by square posts. Bay 1 is a side-gable screened porch addition. Bays 3-4 are sheltered by a stylistic
front gable spans Bays 3-4. Windows are 4/6 aluminum double-hung-sash with faux shutters. The house rests on a
brick veneered basement. The foundation was not observed at the time of survey. The house is clad in clapboard
siding and has an asphalt shingle roof. A gable-roof second story addition was added to the right rear (northeast) and a 1-story, gable-roof addition extends from the rear left (northwest).
Historic Information
Constructed in the winter of 1934 by A. Lynd and Mae Kettles Gottsche using salvaged lumber from Case-Russall, a structure formerly situated on the southwest corner of Washington and Porter Avenues. It remained in the Gottsche family until 1989 when it was granted to the First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Springs.