Location Information
(for the House at 242 St. Charles Street)
Name:House at 242 St. Charles Street
Address:242 St. Charles Street
City/County:Bay St. Louis, Hancock County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1890
Architectural Styles(s):Colonial Revival
No. of Stories:1.5
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:25 Nov 1980
NR District Name:Old Bay St. Louis (2010)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:564
    MPS:Historic Resources of Bay St. Louis
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Context/Comments
The ouse at 242 St. Charles Street is a five-bay, gable-on-hip-roofed galleried cottage that was built about 1890.

This house was individually listed on the National Register on 25 November 1980 as a component of the “Historic Resources of Bay St. Louis,” a group nomination prepared by Adele Cramer, who was at that time an MDAH architectural historian. It was later included as a previously-listed element (element #564) in the Old Bay St. Louis Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 8 July 2010.

This house is included in "The Majesty of Eastern Mississippi and the Coast" (2004) (p.70).
Brief Description
The house at 242 St. Charles Street is a one-story, five-bay, rectangular plan, wood frame cottage with Queen Anne embellishments. It is supported by brick piers, clad with horizontal board siding, and sheltered by a gable-on-hip roof sheathed with slate shingles. Character defining features include a full width inset porch, floor-length 6/9 double-hung wood sash windows, Colonial Revival entry surrounds (side lights and transom), multi-colored shingles in the gable end, a stained-glass Palladian window in the gable end, and a rear addition.