Location Information (for the Dr. Austin's Sanatorium) Name: Dr. Austin's Sanatorium Address: 416 (418) Martin Avenue City/County: Ocean Springs, Jackson County Architectural Information Construction Date: c.1855 Architectural Styles(s): Greek Revival No. of Stories: 1.5 Registration Information NR District Name: Old Ocean Springs (1987)     NR Status: Contributing     Element No.: 68 NR District Name: Old Ocean Springs (Boundary Increase) (2014)     NR Status: Contributing     Element No.: 481 Context/Comments Formerly listed as element #68.	Loading
Brief Description 1.5-story, frame, five-bay-wide (w-w-d-w-w) side-gable vernacular Center Hall residence with an inset full-width porch supported by square Doric columns (some missing). The door (Bay 3) was not present at the time of survey; however, the opening is surrounded by 3-light transom, 4-light over 1-panel sidelights, and Greek Key architrave. Windows are 10-light casements and 6/? wood d-h-s, lower sashes were not present at the time of survey. The house has a brick pier foundation, clapboard siding, and an asphalt shingle roof punctuated by two hip dormers. A gable wing has been added to the rear left (northwest), and a flat-roof carport fills the re-entrant angle.
Historic Information This residence was constructed under the ownership of Dr. Willaim Glover Austin, owner of the famous Ocean Springs Hotel for which the city is now named. Dr. Austin was a New Orleans resident renowned for his work with yellow fever victims. This house was the last property the Austin family owned in Ocean Springs. This house is one of the few pre-Civil War residences in Ocean Springs. It is an example of a vernacular Center Hall house, a once common building form along the Mississippi Gulf Coast during the 19thand early 20th centuries.