Name: | de la Pointe-Krebs House ["Old Spanish Fort" ("Old French Fort" - HABS)] |
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City/County: | Pascagoula, Jackson County |
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Book/Vol. No.: | V. 783, p. 140 |
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No. of Active Easements: | 2 |
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Easement Type: | Preservation/Maintenance |
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Book/Vol. No.: | Book 1647 Pg. 563-574 |
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Easement Type: | Preservation/Maintenance |
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Book/Vol. No.: | V. 1743 Pg. 186-188 |
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Dated to 1757 through dendrochonology in 2016, the house is the oldest surviving building in Mississippi. The East Room was added around 1762, and the West Room probably around 1820. In the 1990s it underwent a substantial restoration to return it to its appearance as of about 1820. Owned by Jackson County and operated as a museum. Listed on the National Register on 3 September 1971. Designated a Mississippi Landmark on 5 January 1984. This building received an HPF grant of $20,000 in 1978 and a grant of $45,000 under the Emergency Jobs Act of 1983. It received flooding damage from Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005, including damage to the porch that exposed previous termite damage. Included in Historic Architecture in Mississippi (pp. 102-103). [HABS: MS-18 (1936/1940): photos and measured drawings] |
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