 hotels and tourist homes hotels and tourist homes ray mon 4122010 1345  time line 1880  the pascagoula democrat june 4 1880 p 4  1893  the biloxi herald july 29 1893 p 8  1899  the biloxi daily herald december 14 1900 p 4 the breslow hotel  a new and spacious modern structure on front street was being completed by john eistetter occupancy was expected by 1 june mrs ma andrews formerly of the bay view will manage the premises she was at the neilson house in 1891 the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8 and the biloxi herald june 13 1891 p 4  1959 in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander e bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania   to re dumas milner of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson  and beaumont texas the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1  1963  the daily herald november 23 1963 p 28note all above are members of the biloxi chambe of commerce  biloxi hotels and parks  by ernest desporte  18881977 as biloxi was a popular summer resort before the coming of the railroad in 1871 sic there was always plenty of rental cottages available by the season in addition to private boarding houses and hotels a regular  ferry  service was provided between the mississippi coast  watering places  and new orleans by paddlewheel steamers the nixon hotel was on the corner of nixon street and beach road but it was torn down for the construction of the harry t howard mansion the beach hotel was just west of main street and was operated by the drysdales misses jennie annie and jo they had three brothers harry john and bob on the northeast corner of lameuse street and beach road was the shady grove  a hotel owned and operated by mr lameuse it later became the popular montross  hotel the social gathering place for biloxians it later became the riviera hotel  in 1891 the cress villa was built on beach road west of lameuse it was owned and operated by captain and mrs ernest desporte sr next was the bayview hotel  owned and operated by mr and mrs sullivan it occupied the northeast corner of beach road and delauney street on the northwest corner of was the arcade hotel  owned and operated by mr and mrs pat kennedy it was described as being a mesque building next to it was the terre cota  sic formerly an exposition building at the new orleans worlds fair mr kennedy purchased the building had it dismantledand brought to biloxi in sections and had it reassembled on biloxi beach it is said to be the first prefabricated building in the united states the magnolia hotel was built in 1847 by the hahn family and reputed to be the oldest hotel on the coast the property remained in the hahnholley family over the years until camille 1969 and the dateful coming of urban renewal through the efforts of glen swetman and other publicspirited citizens the old magnolia hotel  which was wrecked by the hurricane of 1969 was moved to the new site on water street it was reconstructed as a public building of much historical value it did me good to note the recognition of the old magnolia hotel as an historical item for tourist attraction built in 1847 it recalled to memory the many times i danced and banquets i attended in its spacious dining room i remember very wellmessrs henry hahn herman hahn and louis hahn and their sister mrs holley who operated the hotel until her passing messrs henry hahn and herman hahn were ardent fishermen and thought nothing of rowing their skiff from the magnolia wharf to the l n railroad bridge to fish for sheepshead louis hahn was captain of the steamboat  loxley  for ralph seeberg company as long as they were in business in biloxi captain louis hahn was also an ardent sports fisherman his favorite was fishing for redfish in big lake after ralph seeberg moved to gulfport captain louis hahn opened a shoe store at the northwest corner of west howard and magnolia street mrs holley the hotel manager was a widow and the mother of anson holley louis holley john holley geneva holley sarah holley and florence holley i am also reminded of our gang the magnolia street gang which consisted of anson holley louis hahn john dock holley barrow cousins reuben cousins theodore desporte ernest desporte john meunier vickey meunier and eugene p wilkes in the afternoons and evenings especially in summer we would assemble on the benches on the south side of the road in front of the magnolia hotel if any kid wanted a fight a foot race or to race play model boats he was accommodated there was always boxing matches and usually fights especially when the volunteer fireman s parade passed along the beach our favorite sports bicycle racing and chasing so called gown men also sandbagging anyone who passed under the poer while flounderingwe even sandbagged each other the gulf view hotel was on the northeast corner of seal avenue and beach road and the name was changed to memphis hotel and much later the palmer house  it was on the locale of the famous water cure of dr bahrenheidt sic before seal avenue was cut through to howard avenue formerly pass christian street this property was a considerable piece of intact land the only park in biloxi existed here  starting about 200 feet from the beach to howard avenue in this seal park there was a horse racing baseball and football games on a regula schedule george ahern a young biloxi boy rode his first horse at ther park and later went on to become a famous jockey in racing circles along west beach there were no other hotels at the time but in 1892 the property about a quarter mile west of the biloxi lighthouse was purchased for the construction of a privately owned college in 1893 the sea coast academy began operations under the ownership and tutelage of dr rodebuch sic and son this academy ceased as a college and was bought by dr hm folkes and dr talbert sic dr folkes came to the coast with the public health service to work at the quarantine station offshore they converted the school into the biloxi sanatorium  a private hospital the old wood frame buildings were later torn down and the modern brick colonial style  new biloxi hotel was erected on tis site it operated for many years as one of biloxi s leading hotels this building too felt the hand of progress and was razed to its steel framework and converted into the chateau le grand condominiums a young attorney walter a white arrived in biloxi in a covered wagon which he first parked on back bay after he became acquainted with biloxians he liked biloxi so well that he returned to his home town and got his entire family and brought them back to live here he opened a law office and began a very successful legal practice lawyer white purchased some property a short distance from the biloxi cemetery and mrs white soon was operating the white house hotel  a short distance further west was a large tract of land running from the beach to back bay it was owned by the methodist conference of louisiana mississippi and alabama that section of the property from the beach to the l n railroad was fenced in and became known as the sea shore campground  a large number of cottages were built by members of the methodist faith and occupied by their families during the summer months a large tabernacle was built and regular camp meetings continued all summer north of this property and fronting on back bay was another large tract of land owned by the us government and held in reserve for the vast number of oak trees then desirable for lumber for ship construction this tract was deeded over to the city of biloxi for park and cemetery purposes and became known as the naval reserve park  at one time in the twenties the us coast guard occupied a section of the park on back bay from which their cutter chased down rum runners the property also had the biloxi airport and a major league baseball park  the ball park was the training site for the toledo mudhens washington senators and philadelphia phillies all of this property along with the biloxi country club golf course was given to the federal government on which to locate keesler field  this gift of biloxi to the federal government also included parcels of land containing home sites which the city had to purchase before it could give this land for keesler field just east of the keesler property and fronting on back bay was the subdivision of oak park before it became oak park it was a virgin wilderness on the bay owned by mr and mrs parkhurst they operated a pecan and fig orchard thereon this fine old couple befriended a man and gave him employment this drifter named gibson was later accused of murdering the parkhurts and setting afire tier home he was arrested tried convicted and hung this entire case was bizarre and some felt that perhaps justice was not served   from the walter fountain collection in the biloxi public library    biloxi hotels by ray l bellande   18401860   the american hotel   1843   peter flanagan peter flanagan died at biloxi in 1846  edward milford   lease in may 1843 peter flanagan d 1846 of the village of biloxi made a two year lease with edward milford of mobile alabama for the following property at biloxi mississippi  commencing on the south shore of the south bay or  shore  of biloxi measuring fortyeight feet on the gulf of mexico running north along a road or street between the said flanagan and the property of john nixon three hundred feet to a line between the property of the estate of morse thence fortyeight feet to a line between benjamin holley and said flanagan thence south to the bay or gulf of mexico conveying there with all the water rights to said front as rent for the above described premises for the said two years  edward milford agrees to take the frame of a house already erected on the said lot of land and the lumber attached thereto not already used and complete it in a plain workman like manner as an hotel or house of public resort on condition that the outlay he shall be called upon to make shall not exceed three hundred dollars and that he will pay the said flanagan one hundred and fifty dollars as follows pay fifty dollars in october 1843 and one hundred dollars on or before first of july eighteen hundred and fortyfour the state tax on real estate for the premises is to be paid by edward milford for the above two years the said edward milford is to pay onehalf of the insurance from fire on the said house so soon as it is insured as the business which said milford will establish in these premises is likely to prove advantageous to the property hereby leased and which the said flanagan reserves for the support of his children yet minors he also agrees at the expiration of the present demurred lease to give the said edward milford his heirs or assigns the refusal of a new lease for six years or more at the annual rent of three hundred dollars per annum provided that whatever improvements the said milford his heirs or assigns may place upon the said ground are left there at the expiration of the said renewal term of lease for the benefit of the said flanagan his heirs or assigns it is also further stipulated that the said flanagan or his heirs and assigns should duly protect defend and sustain the said milford his heirs or assigns in the peaceful possession of the said land and premises and shall not dispose of the property either by public or private sale without first offering it to the said milford his heirs or assigns at the lowest price he intends taking for it given under our names and seals at biloxi this 15 day of may one thousand eight hundred and forty three peter flanagan edward milfordwitness benjamin holley holmes wentzell and alexander black harrison co mississippi land deed bk 1 pp 296297      opening in june 1843 edward milford of mobile alabama announced that he would open on or before july 1 st his american hotel it was situated near mr elmore s probably jacob elmer 18131894 wharf with the dining room was situated on the second floor and the kitchen was manned by a superior cook and offered good wines  the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1    closing edward milford assigned his lease back to peter flanagan in 1844 at this time mr milford was a resident of new orleans harrison co mississippi land deed bk 1 pp 296297  1845   1853   1856 by may 1856 the american hotel was for rent by a bronsema a resident of 74 camp street atnew orleans it was described as a twostory residence with all the convenience of a boarding house with a new wharf attached bar and situated one square from brown s wharf  the daily picayune may 27 1856 p 1    references    journals the daily picayune   american hotel   june 9 1843 the daily picayune  batchelor s hall  biloxi  mississippi july 2 1845 the daily picayune   batchelor s hall  biloxi  may 28 1853 the daily picayune   to rent at  biloxi  mississippi may 27 1856 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause 28   the estate of peter flanagan  november 1846    magnolia hotel the magnolia hotel was unarguably one of biloxi s earlier inns it was situated on front street or what is today us highway no 90 also known as beach boulevard between magnolia street and croesus street in october 1846 john hahn 18061847 a german immigrant acquired a lot from john crusius 18061866 a resident of new orleans for 2400 the tract was described as ½ arpent on the gulf of mexico and running north between parallel line for 640 feet the tract was bounded on the north by francois fizane 18001860 a french immigrant cabinetmaker who acquired his tract also from john crusius on the same day in 1846 that herr hahn bought the magnolia hotel tract the fizane parcel was also ½ arpent in width but ran north to the back bay of biloxi on the east side of hahn was f fourchy with a anglane to the west harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 and bk 3 p 299  croesus street john crusius 18061866 was born at hanover germany and made his livelihood in the crescent city as the owner of a gambling house he died at new orleans on september 6 1866 in october  john crusius   18061866 conveyed a lot with 12 arpent on the gulf and running north for 640 feet to  john hahn  18061847 with provisions to cut timber on his lands to the north and to establish roads north and east of this tract the consideration was 2400  the magnolia hotel  would open here before 1850 under the proprietorship of  elizabeth hahn  18121904 mr crusius from nola had acquired 20 arpents here in july 1845 from mistress cecelia saralde for 325 charles dantonet 18061874 also from nola had sold her this parcel in may 1836 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 and bk  magnolia streetwater street  into the center of a projected road running east and west parallel with the east corner of a house or messuage now owned or occupied by john hahn the purchaser hereby donating a road 8 feet in width on the east line and 15 feet in width on the north line of said lot for public use forever harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 john hahn died march 23 1912 intestate his heirs were mrs l holley anson holley louis holley and john holley  louis holley louis holley 18411892 was the son of justice of the peace benjamin holley 18pre 1870 and burissa bradford 18081881 in january 1879 louis holley 18411892  married louisa hahn  18471927 the daughter of john hahn 18061847 and elizabeth hahn 18121904 german immigrants who owned the magnolia hotel on front street at biloxi louis and louisa h holley were the parents of geneva holley 18791960  anson holley  18821967 m mary liliana caillavet 18831967  louis c holley  18841973 m mary agregaard 18931981  john benjamin holley  18861925 sarah louisa holley 18891931 and florence may holley 18921953  washington artillery visits in 1880 the 4 th of july 1880 at biloxi was one long remembered by those of the washington artillery that came here from new orleans to celebrate our nation s independence day the festive activities included fancy dining dancing a regatta target shooting and a dress parade the large crescent city entourage came in two long train cars filled to capacity with the arlington glee club in one with a band to provide music biloxi anticipating the event decorated for their arrival and arthur a maginnis jr 18461901 a wealthy new orleanian offered the use of his yacht to the regatta committee the daily picayune july 5 1880 p 1 the washington artillery found bed and board at the montross hotel while the arlington s had made their headquarters at the magnolia hotel after both visiting groups had dined the gentlemen with ladies on their arm marched behind the band to the hall of spanish union benevolent association for an evening of dance and refreshments a regatta was held the next day over a 7 and ½ miles course that required two laps to complete a race target shooting with a parrot gun aimed at an object about 1000 yards from the shoreline resulted in sergeant ziegler s detachment from company c victorious in the competition each man in the ten man unit was awarded a medal for their accuracy a dress parade by the washington artillery concluded the affair the daily picayune july 5 1880 p 1  ernest desporte remembers messrs henry hahn and herman hahn were ardent fishermen and thought nothing of rowing their skiff from the magnolia wharf to the l n railroad bridge to fish for sheepshead louis hahn was captain of the steamboat  loxley  for ralph seeberg company as long as they were in business in biloxi captain louis hahn was also an ardent sports fisherman his favorite was fishing for redfish in big lake after ralph seeberg moved to gulfport captain louis hahn opened a shoe store at the northwest corner of west howard and magnolia street mrs holley the hotel manager was a widow and the mother of anson holley louis holley john holley geneva holley sarah holley and florence holley i am also reminded of our gang the magnolia street gang in the afternoons and evenings especially in summer we would assemble on the benches on the south side of the road in front of the magnolia hotel if any kid wanted a fight a foot race or to race play model boats he was accommodated there was always boxing matches and usually fights especially when the volunteer fireman s parade passed along the beach  sale in november 1978 lionel j holley sr lillian l holley maumus miriam h grogan anson camp holley daniel raymond holley and lillian h maumus guardian of edith patricia holley sales conveyed lot 96 feet by 250 feet to leonard darrell chitty and nona gayle tate chitty harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 90 p 10  references  harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 351  mary jaeger v louis holley lyman b holley and louis hahn minor son of john hahn and edna holley minor daughter of mrs adelia holley   harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 3813  the estate of john hahn   1912 file missing from chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 55862  the estate of anson holley sr   april 1971 orleans parish louisiana 2 nd district court no 27258   the succession of john crusius  september 1866  journals the biloxi herald the magnolia hotel june 14 1890 the biloxi herald local happenings may 16 1891 the biloxi daily herald open for summer june 26 1900 the biloxi daily herald hotel had a narrow escape october 26 1906 the daily herald magnolia motel cottages april 7 1948 the daily herald   oldest regional hotel still survives on coast   no date the daily picayune magnolia hotel biloxi august 1 1850 the daily herald   know your coastmagnolia hotel   july 7 1956the daily picayune city gossip july 6 1877 the daily picayune at biloxi july 5 1880  biloxi housenixon hotel   location   east beach biloxi mississippi between main street and of bellman street   john w nixon john w nixon 17871849 was an early immigrant to new orleans coming from fermanah ulster province northern ireland he made his livelihood as an attorney in the crescent city circa 1814 at new orleans    john w nixon married adeline cecelia copp 17981878 a native of dover new hampshire and the daughter of new orleans lawyer david copp jr who was murdered 1803 in a new orleans gambling house mrs nixon was born april 23 1798 and came to the crescent city in 1808 john and adeline copp nixon were the parents of at least ten children  robert   porter nixon   1816 m martha porter 18311893  martha bell nixon  18181904 m perry s warfield  jane  anna nixon  18201898 m robert williams james 18111882  john   washington nixon  1822  james   roscoa nixon  18261886 m margaret blaney  richard   augustus nixon  18281865 m adeline hamilton  henry   kirke nixon  18301908 m mary o rourke or o bourke 18391909  william   robinson nixon  1832  catherine   grant nixon  18351850 and  rowena   louisa medora  miss pinkey  nixon  18391917   the pascagoula democratstar july 5 1878 p 3 and boardshistorycom topics warof1812 quototherquot 118282       john w nixon expired at biloxi on june 7 1849 his corporal remains were interred in the old biloxi cemetery adeline copp nixon died at biloxi on june 28 1878  the  pascagoula  democratstar july 5 1878 p 3     war of 1812 during the war of 1812    adj lt john w nixon served with dejean s 1st regiment louisiana militia when his artillery position on the west bank of the mississippi river was overrun by british soldiers in january 1815 lt nixon lost two spiked cannon to enemy the 1st louisiana militia regimental flag was last seen in the war trophy room whitehall england in the 1850snixon copp and james streets are in biloxi  boardshistorycom topics warof1812 quototherquot 118282   in late january 1915 the 100 th anniversary of the battle of new orleans rowena lw nixon 18391917 donated her father s sword that he had worn during the brief fight to the louisianahistorical society she also presented the organization with a copy of an account of the battle which had been published in 1817 in  the true delta  a new orleans journal  the daily herald january 25 1915 p 1    new orleans not much is know by the author about john w nixon s career at new orleans it is known that in 1827 he represented absentee creditors in the orleans parish court there was also a john nixon who was a passenger in july 1820 on the  sumatra  a brig which was returning or embarking forliverpool from new orleans  the  louisiana  advertiser october 22 1827 p 5 and july 6 1820 p 2  biloxi housenixon hotel john w nixon opened his biloxi house for the summer season on june 8 1848 nixon had large additions and improvements made to the resort in the spring visitors could anticipate the following amenities at the biloxi house bathhouses bar billiard room horse stable and a sailboat from mrs nixon s table one was served fine food and the bar was stocked with excellent wines and liquors mr nixon recommended that interested parties make bookings by mail addressed to him atbiloxi and sent via the  mobile  montezuma or pelican  steamboats sailing from lake pontchartrain to the watering places of the mississippi gulf coast  the daily picayune september 7 1848 p 1   after john w nixon expired in june 1849 mrs nixon continued operated the family hotel into 1850 at this time seven of her children were domiciled with her at biloxi and her real estate at biloxiwas valued at 30000 mrs nixon was also ably assisted in her summer resort enterprise by many irish immigrant laborers seven of the nixon children were with her jane nixon james 18201898 and spouse robert w james 18131880 and harry copp james 18481923 their son lived next to the nixon hotel 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m423372 p 91a  1854  biloxi   land  roll adeline c nixon was assessed 70 on her 75 acres of land in biloxi  biloxi hotel in june 1857 ta horne of louisville kentucky and nb cook of nola took proprietorship of the biloxi hotel formerly nixon s hotel they did a complete renovation and refurnished this great house and planned to open the biloxi hotel in the first week of june by midjune the biloxi hotel was in full operation under the management of horne smith company the proprietors lauded and promoted their establishment for its local seafood culinary delicacies shaded grounds and the promise of a grand and fancy dress ball for the 4 th of july  the sunday delta june 7 1857 p 5 and june 21 1857 p 4   the 1857 summer season for the biloxi hotel appears to have been unsuccessful for horne smith as the premises were advertised for rent by henry k nixon 18301908 in february 1858 mr nixon address was on basin street at new orleans he described the biloxi hotel as containing about 171 rooms with a barroom two ten pin alleys and a yard of about two acres planted in fruit bearing fig and plum trees henry k nixon sought a good tenant the furniture billiard table bar fixtures and other paraphernalia were for sale on reasonable terms nixon touted his resort as the only large hotel inbiloxi and a rare opportunity for potential hotel keepers  the daily true delta february 28 1858 p 8    sale in september 1886 the nixon heirs conveyed the nixon hotel property on biloxi s east beach to harry turner howard for 4000 harry t howard 18561930 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 21 p 492  harry t howard in june 1919 harry t howard sold the nixon hotel lot and more to the biloxi hospital association for 15000 lot had 222 feet on the gulf and ran north to water street excepted was a lot 79 feet by 128 feet in the northeast corner of the tract harrison co mississippi land deed bk 124 p 14    references    wwwcom boardshistorycom topic warof1812 quototherquot 118282    journals the  biloxi  daily herald   suit filed   october 14 1902 the  biloxi  daily herald   necrology   henry r nixon     july 12 1904 the  biloxi  daily herald   necrology   mrs martha b warfield november 27 1908 the daily herald    biloxi  lady rowena lm nixon  presents sword of her father to historical body   january 25 1915 the daily herald   john  slidell  nixon is dead september 11 1915   the daily herald   james kirk nixon   december 18 1916 the daily herald   miss nixon   rowena lm nixon  is taken by death   august 9 1917 the daily herald   nixon place is sold at auction   august 7 1918 the daily picayune    biloxi  house september 7 1848 the daily true delta   biloxi hotel to rent   february 28 1858 the daily true delta   live oak hotel   june 22 1859   the  louisiana  advertiser   commercial report   july 6 1820 the  louisiana  advertiser    parish court  october 22 1827 the  pascagoula  democratstar   died   adaline copp nixon    july 5 1878 the sunday delta   a new biloxi hotel   june 7 1857 the sunday delta   biloxi hotel   june 21 1857 the sunday delta    biloxi  hotel rent march 25 1860  1860 1900  montrossrivieraavelez hotel front street and lameuse street  from th glenn 1893 p 18 located on the northeast corner of lameuse street and beach boulevard also called front street in the jeanbaptite carco land grant and the s 2 of section 28 t7sr9w although he never owned the hostelry it was named for peter j montross 18411897 the proprietor for several decades in the late 19 th century anecdotal history of the early 20 th century relates that the hotel de montross or montross hotel was the oldest hotel extant at biloxi it was operational before the first railroad was established between mobile and new orleans in 1870 here on the central beach of biloxi and lameuse street the town s first beach to back bay thoroughfare the montross hotel was the focus of social life and fashion its pier was the disembarkation place for the society people arriving at biloxi to enjoy its fine food hospitality and the gaiety of life joie de vivre that was offered to all visitors the montross hotel flourished as a fine hostelry and boarding establishment until the late 1920s when it became overshadowed by biloxi s modern beach front hotels like the biloxi hotel buena vista edgewater gulf tivoli white house and gulf hills which were erected between 1924 and 1928  the daily herald april 29 1909 p 4    jeanbaptise carco jeanbaptiste carco 17 1823 the son of nicolas carco and ladner was one of the pioneer settlers on the biloxi peninsula his occupation of land here began about 1784 during the spanish colonial era jeanbaptise carco married they were the parents of four children  rene lameuse   urbain laroussini   william c seaman   peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al in may 1874 chancellor wg henderson of the chancery court of harrison county mississippi opined and adjudicated in the partition suit of chancery court cause no 143 peter liendhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al this litigation involved the partition of the lameuse property also called the shady grove hotel at biloxi this tract was described in this law suit as   containing by estimation forty arpents of land more or less bounded and described as follows beginning at the beach at the pass of biloxi thence north to the back bay of biloxi thence southeast along the shore of said bay so as to include one arpent thence south to the said pass of biloxi thence to the place of beginning bounded south by the pass of biloxi or gulf of mexico north by the back bay of biloxi west by lameuse street east by wetzell heirs having a few small lots sold off roderick seal   shady grove hotel   1855 hurricane on september 16 th and 17 th of 1858 the entire waterfront of the mississippi gulf coast was swept and churned by the wind and waves of this tropical cyclone at biloxi almost all bath houses and wharves were totally destroyed and sixtyone sailing vessels grounded with many in shambles at this time in biloxi there appears to have been several hotels and boarding houses situated between lameuse street and point cadet among them were bossel s shady grove hotel jacob wetzell s ocean house john brown s hotel a bronaema s american hotel run by j jennings sol mill s bachelor hall mrs nixon s biloxi hotel operated by colonel nichols and pradat s  the new orleans daily picayune september 20 1855 p 1    1875 in the summer of 1875 the shady grove hotel was managed by mr rambaut  it was also in the process of renovation and refurbishment professor knapp a local guide with a horse and buggy was available for fishing in back bay or leading local history tours  the star of pascagoula june 26 1875 p 1   there is a high certitude that the manager of the shady grove hotel was urbain rambaut 18321889 a frenchman who later resided at 201 decatur street at new orleans where he made his livelihood as the proprietor of a coffee house and later a barroom urbain rambaut married marie schwab 18381899 and they were the parents of jean urbain rambaut 18591909 michel rambaut 18611883 emile rambaut 18631925 jules rambaut 18671883 and adeline rambaut 18761926 m charles e hinshewood adeline rambaut was born in mississippi in 1875 or 1876 very likely at biloxi 1870 and 1880 orleans parish louisiana federal census m593522 p 382 6 th ward and t9461 p 3 ed 33  1875 bossell house located at biloxi under the direction of peter j montross 18411897 it was recently newly papered and painted and handsomely furnished the food was also improved in may the company babylon and thespian relief association performed persecuted dutchman and misfortune   the star of pascagoula may 29 1875 p 3 and june 26 1875 p 1    1878  from the nola daily democrat august 4 1878 p 11  1879  the pascagoula democratstar february 1879 p 3  1882 the new orleans house kitchenbossell house on september 7 1882 william massey of philadelphia pennsylvania conveyed to peter j montross 18411897 for 2500 a parcel of land and tenements on the nw c of main street and front street the tract had seventysix feet on front street and ran north for four hundred eight feet on main street  mr montross  conveyed this tract to joseph oteri 18451897 of new orleans in august 1892 for 2500 harrison county ms land deed bk 20 p 79 and bk 28 p 246  1888 gulf view hotel was leased by pj montross of the montross hotel  the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8    roderick seal roderick seal conveyed in september 1888 to sherrod seaman for 2000 his property on front street and lameuse and known as the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 23 p 373  sherrod seaman   1888 montross hotel biloxi  miss  open summer and winter this delightful seaside resort for tourists offers firstclass accommodations hotel is situated directly on the beach of the gulf of mexico and affords fine boating fishing hunting driving the accessibility pure air and freedom from malaria render biloxi one of the most desirable spots on the gulf shore hotel firstclass rates reasonable applications for rooms by mail or telegraph will receive prompt attention pj montross proprietor  the biloxi herald january 7 1888 p 5    we are glad to note that the popular montross hotel is now and has been for several weeks filled with northern guest the montross is one of the best hotels on the coast and once a person is registered at this popular resort he is sure to come again  biloxi herald march 3 1888 p 9    gulf view pj montross has leased the barenheit sic or gulf view property  the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8    phil desporte in april 1888 pj montross sold the house at the land end of the montross hotel pier to phil desporte for 200 the house was used by mr desporte as an oyster house pj montross also leased to phil desporte for 1 per year during the term of the lease of the montross hotel a certain portion of the beach property in front of the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 23 p 100  liquor license the biloxi town council approved a retail license to pj montross to retail vinous and spirituous liquors  the biloxi herald august 18 1888 p 1    peter j montross peter j montross 18411897 was born in campeche mexico at new orleans in october 1879 mr montross married alphonsine lliambias 18501945 the daughter of juan lliambias 18151892 a native of mannesa spain and louise pamela ranzeau 18201909  biloxi pj montross came to biloxi mississippi before 1880 and became engaged in the hotel business on front street beach boulevard and lameuse street he operated the montross house and shady grove both hostelries catering to tourists seeking fresh seafood a temperate and salubrious climate and the rest and relaxation offered by a quite seaside resort on the mexican gulf  illness almost a decade before his demise peter j montross began to exhibit signs of ill health while on business in new orleans in early november 1888 he was afflicted with a bout of rheumatism a few weeks late during the thanksgiving holiday at biloxi an attack of rheumatism returned and sent him to his bed for a week the biloxi herald november 10 1888 p 8 and november 24 1888 p 8  demise of peter j montross peter j montross expired at his biloxi hotel on march 27 1897 he was survived by his wife and three sons paul wallace montross 18751927 albert montross 18911917 and peter j montross jr 18831930 m amelia bayhi in the spring of 1896 don jose m carpizo the brotherinlaw of pj montross and an inhabitant of campeche yucatan mexico possibly anticipating his demise visited him at biloxi senor carpizo left the mississippi coast in june 1896 for his mexican home the biloxi herald june 13 1896 p 8  new orleans burial shortly after the demise of peter j montross his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault owned by the army of the tennessee at the metairie cemetery the body of colonel montross was placed very near that of general ptg beauregard 18181893 which was one of mr montross last wishes father blane captain john walker colonel roderick seal am dulion edward glennan and captain harry copp james of biloxi were present at the funeral in the crescent city the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 8  seaman confederate navy civil war peter j montross served in the confederate navy on western waters and in the red river sharpshooters louisiana cavalry born c 1840 in campeche mexico information provided by sons of confederate veterans  visits northwest in october 1888 pj montross planned to visit towns in the northwest particularly chicago and madison wisconsin to promote winter tourism at biloxi and the mississippi gulf coast the biloxi herald october 6 1888 p 8  wooden sidewalk colonel montross is building a wooden sidewalk on the lameuse side of the hotel property which is a marked improvement the biloxi herald may 17 1890 p 4  4th july 1891 the fourth of july 1891 at biloxi was one to remember the southern yacht club of new orleans had their sailboat race from their lake pontchartain location finish at biloxi near the montross hotel mr montross had his hotel decorated patriotically with large and small flags set amid its ancient live oaks the colorfully draped montross hotel made a grand vista on biloxi s waterfront pj montross donated a silver tilting pitcher and cup to the susie b the second place boat which finished an hour behind zoe the winner the biloxi herald july 4 1891 p 4  montrossschuyler 1892 lease in january 1892 roderick seal granted peter j montross and rutsen vr schuyler a twentyfive year lease for the use of the montross hotel the rent was 1000 per year and the proprietors had the right to acquire the property for 20000 at anytime during the term o f the lease montross and schuyler could also improve or rebuild the buildings to their desires the lessees were responsible for property taxes and insurance harrison county ms land deed bk 28 p 9  rutsen vr schuyler peter j montross partner in his biloxi hostelry was rutsen van renssalaer schuyler 1855pre 1920 who was born in hudson county new jersey in february 1855 the son of jacob rutsen schuyler 18161887 and susanna edwards 18261870 his grandmother was catherine van rennsalaer d 1867 the spouse of john arent schuyler 17791817 in february 1873 rutsen vr schuyler married harriet augusta mellick 18541880 they resided at bayonne new jersey were he was a gem merchant he and augusta were the parents of rutsen vr schuyler ii 18781880 and sarah e schuyler 18791880 1880 hudson county new jersey federal census t9786 p 31 ed 41 circa 1890 rutsen vr schuyler married mary hall 18571920 a native of mississippi from her first marriage she had a son roy c dwnyckinck 18861910 who was born in illinois of a father native to new york rutsen and mary had two daughters marguerite s staderman 18911972 and junett schuyler 18941900 1900 union co new jersey t623 997 p 14a ed 141 and 1920 new york co new york federal census t6251223 p 5a ed 1392 biloxi has an excellent hotel the montross which has recently been enlarged mr montross is widely and favorably know to travelers and visitors on the coast mr schuyler s efforts to anticipate and provide for the comfort of guests of the montross are proverbial he is an enthusiastic sportsman whose conquests with the road and gun are well known glenn 1893 p 58  electric lights illumination in the form of electric lights came to the montross hotel in december 1893 this and other amenities kept the hostelry as one of the premier venues for travelers and vacationers pj montross and rv schuyler cater successfully to all who come the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8  1893 the montross hotel montross schuyler proprietors biloxi mississippi situated directly on the gulf of mexico open all year round rates per day 2 250 and 3 per week 10 12 and 15 per month 40 45 and 50  the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8   illness almost a decade before his demise peter j montross began to exhibit signs of ill health while on business in new orleans in early november 1888 he was afflicted with a bout of rheumatism a few weeks late during the thanksgiving holiday at biloxi an attack of rheumatism returned and sent him to his bed for a week the biloxi herald november 10 1888 p 8 and november 24 1888 p 8  demise of peter j montross peter j montross expired at his biloxi hotel on march 27 1897 he was survived by his wife and three sons paul wallace montross 18751927 albert montross 18911917 and peter j montross jr 18831930 m amelia bayhi in the spring of 1896 don jose m carpizo the brotherinlaw of pj montross and an inhabitant of campeche yucatan mexico possibly anticipating his demise visited him at biloxi senor carpizo left the mississippi coast in june 1896 for his mexican homeon alphonsine l montross the biloxi herald june 13 1896 p 8  new orleans  burial shortly after the demise of peter j montross his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault owned by the army of the tennessee at the metairie cemetery the body of colonel montross was placed very near that of general ptg beauregard 18181893 which was one of mr montross last wishes father blane captain john walker colonel roderick seal am dulion edward glennan and captain harry copp james of biloxi were present at the funeral in the crescent city  the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 8    bourdon s saloon in early april 1897 ao bourdon jr opened a saloon in the bar of the montross hotel the event was high lighted by an excellent lunch which attracted the attention of many patrons of the hostelry mr bourdon handles excellent brands of wine and liquors  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1897 p 8    new managementwilliam c morgan very  s hortly after the death pj montross long time proprietor the montross hotel was offered for lease this solicitation lauded one of biloxi s landmark hostelries as  truly a first class opportunity for a hotel man to secure a paying business   the published notice also admonished any potential lessee that although the winter tourist season patronized by northerners was almost over that there was only a short hiatus before the summer season began in earnest and southern folks would be coming to the coast  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1897 p 8  by early may 1897 william c morgan and his son leased the montross hotel they were considered experienced hotel managers and immediately made this public notice  montross hotel biloxi  mississippi wm c morgan son proprietors we have leased the hotel property for a number of years and intend renovating it throughout giving to biloxi the best hotel on the gulf coast we respectfully solicit the trade of the traveling public and promise every attention and the best table in the state we offer special rates to table boarders and to families wishing to avoid the cares of summer housekeeping for special rates and other information address wm c morgan sonbiloxi mississippi  the biloxi daily herald may 8 1897 p 8   mrs william c morgan appears to have been a musician or musically inclined as a new mathusek piano was soon installed in the hotel s parlor a concert was held in midjuly  the biloxi daily herald july 3 1897 p 8 and july 17 1897 p 8    florian seal florian seal 18521927 was born on east pass christian street howard avenue at biloxi on february 17 1853 his parents were roderick seal 18171899 and charlotte orr seal 18271850 in 1877 mr seal married rebecca v walker 18531936 of bay st louis mississippi they were the parents of two children eurilda j seal 18791930 m lazaro lopez jr 18771918 and roderick dudley seal 18811942 m marie ramon 18851930  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  1902 p 56 florian seal popular sheriff of harrison county rode his bicycle with considerable skill and grace so as to quickly fulfill his business engagements in biloxi  the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8   at biloxi when mr seal was not in public office as he was sheriff of harrison county five times  tax assessor of harrison county four times and deputy clerk of the chancery and circuit courts of jackson county mississippi in 18721873 functioned in local commerce operating as the cash variety store  apparently florian seal had lost his store building in the great biloxi fire of november 1900 because in january 1901 he had workmen erecting a new commercial structure on howard avenue next to the biloxi daily herald building the seal store building was twentysix feet on the front and about seventyfive feet deep  the biloxi daily herald january 5 1901 p 8 and january 8 1901 p 8    expired december 11 1927 in september 1898 roderick seal and spouse sold the montross hotel to john h miller and john carraway for 12000 harrison county ms land deed bk 39 p 79 mrs rebecca walker seal passed on at new orleans at the residence of her daughter eurilda lopez her corporal remains were interred in the st roch cemetery in the crescent city  the daily herald september 12 1936 p 5     1898  jh miller and john carraway   john h miller john henry miller 18471928 born december 14 1847 at paulding jasper county mississippi during the civil war he enlisted in the jasper grays company f of the 16 th mississippi regiment serving three year as a lieutenant robert e lee s army of northern virginia returning from the conflict he married alice sophie miller 18521916 circa 1871 and they were childless during and postreconstruction jh miller was a newspaper man the biloxi daily herald p 52 in 1900 at biloxi the millers lived on front street near the carraway family john h miller was manager of the biloxi real estate and loan agency and was also on the board of trustees of the industrial institute and college at columbus mississippi alice s miller expired at biloxi on october 10 1916 he died april 21 19281900 harrison county mississippi federal census in 1896 major jh miller shot and killed jules soule editor of the biloxi review in february 1901 laz lopez to john h miller to and john carraway all my rights title and interest in the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 47 p 26  montross  hotel wharf as early as the spring of may 1892 the montross hotel wharf was the scene of tourist activity at this time captain jb roberts master of toiler a steam tug boat was making daily excursions to ship island his vessel left the landing at 800 am and returned the same day in the evening the roundtrip fare was 1  the biloxi herald may 28 1900 p 4   in june 1900 captain alfred st amant 18681910 operated the lillie b   a fast large pleasure boat from the wharf fronting the montross hotel captain james ryan piloted the vessel to the barrier islands transporting excursion partities  the biloxi daily herald june 26 1900 p 1    john carraway john carraway 18731931 came to biloxi in 1893 he was born at jackson mississippi the son of john c carraway 18431901 and arcola carraway 18481933 natives of the magnolia state in 1900 he and mae litel carroway 18781930 his spouse a native of albany wisconsin were domiciled on front street at biloxi where he made his livelihood as cashier for the bank of biloxi mr carraway matriculated to the university of mississippi at biloxi he was active in the elk odd fellow woodman of the world and masonic lodge first president of the byc his parents and tennie carraway moreland 18801905 his texan born cousin were also domiciled on front street at this time the daily herald p 51 and 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31 and the biloxi daily herald july 29 1907 p 2  john carroway was a candidate for beat one board of supervisors of harrison county in 1907  the biloxi daily herald july 29 1907 p 2   king bienville with blanche picard 18871930 as queen of biloxi s initial mardi gras in march 1908  medical officesdr g ligon in the fall of 1900 on tuesday and thursday dr g ligon an osteopath from new orleans saw patients at his offices in the montross hotel consultation and examination was without charge  the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8    1900 great biloxi fire in early november 1900 a spectacular conflagration which began near the l n depot on reynoir street destroyed about ninety structures in a southerly direction between the l n railroad tracks and the beach the montross hotel was not in the path of this fire which caused about 600000 dollars in property losses the great biloxi fire did directly affect the future business fortunes of the montross hotel erroneous news reports issued from biloxi about the recent fire related to potential northern winter tourists that all the hotels at biloxi were destroyed the management of biloxi s hostelries were in angst that their potential visitors would select other destinations without making inquiries or reservations at biloxi  the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1 and november 18 1900 p 8    sawford and affeld1899 montross management in january 1899 charles ernest affeld jr a native of chicago and headley frederick sawford an englishman arrived at biloxi from chicago to begin their tenure as managing partners of the montross hotel their first task was to prepare the large hostel for hundreds of winter guests from the north 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1b ed 30 and the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8 in january 1901 monsieurs sawford and affeld reported that they had received six applications for reservations on january 10 th from prospective winter guests from more northern climes those that had already settled here for the winter months were cottagers and had no interest in lodging at hotels  the biloxi daily herald january 11 1901 p 8    sawford honored honorary member of the travelers protective agency put on the building committee of the st louis world s fair  the biloxi daily herald january 29 1902 p 1    photo exhibit an exhibit of color photographic images by cs jackson taken at biloxi in may 1901 was shown at the montross hotel in late september among these was one taken of the interior of the ohr art pottery depicting multicolored pots of earthenware with the art potter mounted on a pedestal in the background  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1902 p 8    yachtsman hf sawford 18581920 a native of surrey england was involved with the early development of the biloxi yacht club serving his mates as secretary for several terms he worked diligently to develop and promote the 1 st biloxi yacht club regatta held in august 1900 at the third biloxi yacht club regatta in 1902 he provided the montross cup a threehandled silver trophy that was a foottall to the schooner that won in the fortyfoot and over class dr daniel a nash 18581904 biloxi dentist and commodore of the byc gave the nash cup to the victor of the under twentyfoot catboat division  the biloxi daily herald august 22 1900 p 1 august 13 1902 p 1 and august 19 1902 p 1    keller s green promoter  in late october 1904 hf sawford went to st louis chicago and other venues in the midwest to promote business for the montross hotel he had a fourteen page brochure about biloxi and his hotel with him extensive improvement to the inn were being made before opening  the biloxi daily herald october 29 1904 p 5 and december 1 1904  in late april 1909 hf sawford the congenial proprietor of the montross hotel announced that he would not follow his usual custom of closing the old hostelry for the spring months but that the grand old lady of mississippi coast inns would remain operational through the regular summer tourist season mr sawford planned to remain at the montross for another season and possibly longer  the daily herald april 29 1909 p 4    hf sawford  from the daily picayune august 21 1900 p 8  headley frederick sawford  18581920 a native of surrey england came to america in 1887 with his spouse marion gertrude sawford 18641920 after charles e affeld jr returned to chicago circa 1901 mr sawford remained at the montross hotel to at least early august 1910 at this time he was the victim of an assault in the front yard of his establishment e doty a vagrant from jackson while in an inebriated state had an accident on the hotel s swing with a companion when hf sawford went to investigate he was struck in the mouth loosing teeth and receiving contusions about the nose and eye biloxi police officers peter bellande 18711933 and patrolman bills arrested mr doty as his cohort fled the crime scene  the daily herald august 2 1910 p 1   sawford still proprietor of montross in june 1913 as he was an official at the finish of the new orleans to biloxi yacht race  the daily herald june 30 1913 p 1   by january 1920 the sawford are domiciled at los angeles california where they are managers of an apartment house on east beach street no further information 1920 los angeles co california federal census t625116 p 19a ed 466  charles e affeld jr charles e affeld jr was born at chicago illinois on february 28 1876 the son of charles ernest affeld 18431930 an 1847 prussian immigrant and helen w affeld 1847pre1920 a native of michigan at chicago the senior affeld was a fire insurance agent helen affeld 18751920 his and helen s only other child became a medical doctor and practiced at evanston illinois where the family had moved after 19101920 cook co illinois federal census t625357 p 11b ed 71 on april 4 1900 charles e affeld jr married may sanders 18771930 born at ohio of scottish immigrant parents by 1902 they had departed biloxi for chicago where their two children christina affeld 19021910 and charles e affeld iii 19081930 were born  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1900 p 8 and 1910 cook co illinois federal census t624268 p 11a ed 1088 at chicago charles e affeld jr became an insurance agent as his father in 1917 he and may s affeld were domiciled at 2612 hampden court in the windy city by 1930 charles e effeld jr and family had joined his retired father at evanston illinois he continued in the insurance business it is interesting to note that their servant marie baltimore 19091930 was a mississippi native 19171918 ww i draft registration cook co illinois r1613569draft board 50 and 1930 cook co illinois federal census r499 p 13a ed 2111  divorce john and mae l carroway divorced and in april 1920 she married at the village of oregon wisconsin to earle k prichard 18731930 a hardware merchant who was a successful business of that small community just south of madison wisconsin  the daily herald april 12 1920 p 4 and 1930 dane co wisconsin federal census r 2568 p 7b ed 62  thomas h warren 18351915 born december 8 1835 died at biloxi on october 9 1915 acquired th kimbrough house on east beach in june 1912  the daily herald june 7 1912 p 1   in february 1901 laz lopez to john h miller to and john carraway all my rights title and interest in the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 47 p 26 in march 1902 john and mae l carraway and jh and alice miller sell the montross hotel to marie v craft of mobile alabama for 6000 fire insurance of 8000 harrison county ms land deed bk 51 p 141 in may 1904 john carraway while in new york city sold his onehalf interest in the montross hotel to john henry miller the consideration was 4500 harrison county ms land deed bk 61 p 246   1902  marie v craft    1904 biloxi mississippi sanborn mapsheet 5     19041920  jh miller and alice miller in november 1904 jh miller sold alice miller a onehalf undivided interest in the montross hotel and other real property in harrison county mississippi for 12000 harrison county ms land deed bk 63 pp 508 in december 1914 alice miller sold her interest in the montross hotel back to her spouse harrison county ms land deed bk 117 p 211  1920 sale in september 1920 jh miller conveyed the montross hotel to jw apperson for 26000 harrison county ms land deed bk 129 p 289   19201925    jw apperson and the riviera hotel john wright apperson 18621939 was born at memphis tennessee during the civil war he was educated at the christian brothers college and received his law degree from vanderbilt after a career in law and politics colonel apperson began his residency at biloxi in june 1912 when he leased the gw wilkes property at the northeast corner of seal avenue and beach boulevard here jw apperson commenced his first resort venture on the mississippi gulf coast which he appropriately called the memphis house in later years it became known as the palmer house when owned by  the daily herald april 1 1939 p 1 and harrison county ms land deed bk 102 or 120 pp 130131    apperson hotel company in july 1914 jw apperson et apperson and george w grayson chartered the apperson hotel company it was organized with a capital stock of 10000 and in business to own lease maintain construct operate and conduct hotels restaurants bathing piers pleasure boats amusement parks and to own real estate harrison co mississippi charter bk 15 p 7  wwi  during the great war colonel apperson s nephew and namesake lieutenant john w apperson was awarded the croix de guerre by the french army for his bravery while commanding an artillery battery lt apperson was wounded in the hand by german shrapnel while on an mission in no man s land he was believed to have been the first memphian to be decorated by the french government in this conflict  the daily herald may 14 1918 p 3    buena vista hotel  in early april 1927 mr and mrs apperson and mrs milton j apperson board a united fruit company steamship at nola their destination was havana cuba  the daily herald april 8 1927 p 8    jw apperson acquired the bankrupt riviera hotel of biloxi in november 1929 for 80000 he had sold it to charles b foster tk devitt and charles delacruz circa 1925 apperson to have it totally refurbished colonel apperson was an ownermanager of the buena vista hotel  the jackson county times november 9 1929 p 1   on march 27 1930 francis arbeau caillavet iii 18811946 called arbeau sold his onehalf interest in the isle of caprice amusement company his copartnership with wh skeet hunt 18871960 to jw apperson harrison county ms land deed bk 186 pp 249250  lucille evans apperson after the demise of colonel apperson in 1939 lucille e apperson remained at her 127 lameuse street domicile which was just north of the riviera hotel she was born at lincoln illinois on february 19 1884 the daughter of lincoln evans and nora flynn in april 1942 lucille e apperson vended 127 lameuse street to michel n mikoul 19051993 and shirley thornton mikoul 19111990 for 7000 harrison county ms land deed bk 242 p 173 colonel apperson managed the riviera hotel until his demise on april 1 1939 hn avery was appointed manager on april 15 1939 and held that position until 1939  the daily herald august 1 1939 p 1     19221926  1922 fire the biloxi fire department was called to the riviera hotel in the early morning hours of may 15 1922 their response and subsequent performance were sterling as the riviera hotel was saved from total destruction it sustained about 20000 of water and fire damage colonel jw apperson related that the structure was insured and that it would be repaired before the summer season commenced  the jackson county times may 20 1922 p 1    new east wing the east wing of the riviera hotel was torn down in september 1922 under the supervision of eric johansen contractor by midseptember the roof and a part of the second story had been removed with various frames to be saved the building has stood for years and the old lumber is well preserved and as good as new lumber a threestory modern hotel building will be completed in time for the winter season the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  1924 lease with the buena vista hotel nearing completion and scheduled to open july 3 1924 colonel apperson leased the riviera hotel to joseph a isele 18671924 and martin isele 18681930 brothers and experienced hoteliers from memphis tennessee they had been involved in the construction of the claridge hotel at memphis the colonel planned to reside at the riviera until the buena vista opened  the daily herald june 12 1924 p 1   the isele brothers were born in wrisen baden germany and had immigrated to america in 1885 settling at memphis by 1900 they owned a hotel on adams street 1900 shelby co tennessee federal census t6231597 p 8b ed 67  1925 sale in january 1925 the newspapers were writing that thomas k devitt 18821946 and charles b foster 18771931 were considering the purchase of the riviera hotel for 125000 colonel apperson and spouse went to the act of sale in late may 1925 the riviera hotel was vended to tk devitt and cb foster both seafood cannery owners and entrepreneurs of biloxi the selling price was 150000  the jackson county times april 25 1925 and harrison county ms land deed bk 148 pp 156   19251926    devitt and foster the riviera hotel under the ownership of tk devitt and cb foster was improved especially the kitchen area all new equipment was installed including such items as racks working tables dish warmers and electric dishwasher in addition a new mechanical refrigeration plant was installed as well as the lobby and dining room were repainted devitt and foster with chester delacruz formed the riviera hotel company a delaware corporation in late september 1926 devitt and foster sold the hotel to the riviera hotel company with all furniture beds mattresses springs chairs tables bed lines etc harrison county ms land deed bk 164 p 75  riviera  cafe by april 1927 walter ohlmer of new orleans former manager of the french tavern in the crescent city had taken over the management of the riviera cafe at this time he reported that his food was prepared the old time way that and that the cafe was doing a lively business mr ohlmer had the pleasure of hosting the meetings of the kiwanis club of biloxi when the tivoli hotel closed for the season after labor day  the daily herald april 24 1927 p 2 and august 26 1927 p 2     19261932    1927 in may 1927 paul wallace montross son of peter j montross returned to biloxi to be employed at the riviera hotel having most recently been with the markham hotel at gulfport he was named as assistant manager to thomas k devitt mr montross had began his career as a hotelier under the tutelage of his father at the then montross hotel after departing biloxi circa 1894 wallace had worked at the hotel lanz at mexico city his career had taken him to the new astor hotel in new york plasa at havana tampa bay at tampa windsor at jacksonville palace in san francisco washington in seattle green hotel in pasadena the us grant at san diego and eleven leading hotels in new york city eight of them located on broadway the daily herald in an interview with wallace related the following his father operated the riviera for 20 years or more and built the east and west wing the old original brick part of the hotel is about 100 years old mr montross jr sic was born in new orleans and reared in biloxi it is noted that he returns to biloxi after traveling for so many years mr montross has never voted because he has never lived in any place long enough but is now in biloxi to stay he said    the daily herald may 23 1927 p 2     1929 foreclosure sale jw apperson bought the riviera from the riviera hotel company in early november 1929 for 80000 in a foreclosure sale at gulfport under the proprietorship of colonel apperson  the riviera hotel underwent intensive interior and exterior improvements at this time he was also one of the owners and the manager of the buena vista hotel completion of this work was winding down in late december 1929 the hotel planned its formal opening for january 10 1930 cl martin former assistant manager of the buena vista hotel at biloxi was the manager of the riviera hotel at this time  the daily herald november 4 1929 p 1 and december 31 1929 p 2   as the riviera hotel was to be closed until early 1930 guests were located to other inns mrs louise green went to the elmer apartments on east beach adjacent to the riviera hotel major ts mccaleb and mrs grover jackson were moved to the avon the daily herald november 5 1929 p 2  riviera hotel company   may 1930harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 11071 the riviera hotel company cb foster and chester a delacruz were suing mrs tk devitt for chancellor daniel m russell adjudicated in favor of mrs tk devitt to recover 10000 from the riviera hotel company harrison co ms land deed bk 30 p 365  1930lease in november 1930 jw apperson leased the riviera hotel to the coast hotel company and william l jones vice president much info in this deed harrison county ms land deed bk 195 pp 13  1932forfeiture and trustee sale in the early years of the great depression bankruptcies and foreclosures were common at this time colonel jw apperson found himself in financial difficulties and defaulted on his deed of trust on the riviera hotel the note that he had originally taken in june 1930 from had been transferred to the american national insurance company of galveston texas harrison co mississippi deed of trust bk 77 p 73 on july 4 1932 john d stennis jr subtrustee sold the riviera hotel for 25000 to the highest bidder which was the american national insurance company of galveston texas harrison county ms land deed bk 195 pp 13  june 1934harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 13635 ec ellison and matilda c ellison sued jw apperson for foreclosure and sale of the riviera hotel chancellor daniel m russell adjudicated in favor of the ellison to recover 5000 from jw apperson bk 36 p 295   19261939  interstate hotel company   1936lease in late november 1936 he bearden vice president of the interstate hotel company leased the riviera hotel to eugene p leonetti and mamie s leonettie for five years to commence december 1 1936 rents 40 per month for first year 45 per month second year and 55 per month for years three thru five harrison county ms land deed bk 212 p 589  eugene p leonetti eugene p leonetti 18871961 was born april 25 1887 in italy married mamie sue allen one son eugene p leonetti mr leonetti lived in california and new york before arriving at biloxi in addition to operating the rendezvous restaurant he ran the city bus terminal before his retirement active in stock and bond market eugene p leonetti expired at bioxi on january 13 1961 at his home on 411 hopkins boulevard he was active in the italianamerican society his corporal remains were sent to meridian mississippi for internment  the daily herald january 13 1961 p 2    1937lease in 1937 the interstate hotel company and eugene p leonetti and spouse signed a new lease agreement which went into effect on july 1 st and ended on june 30 1942 the terms were the same as their first lease with the exception that the leonettis agreed to erect a onestory 1600 squarefoot addition to the riviera hotel to cost not less than 2000 harrison county ms land deed bk 215 p 468 in 1936 eugene p leonetti and mamie leonetti are proprietors of the rendezvous restaurant at 123 lameuse street 1936 biloxi city directory p 176 in 1940 the leonettis are domiciled at 119 lameuse street 19401941 biloxi city directory p 119  1939sale the interstate hotel company aa horne president sold to john c hunt on july 31 1939 for 45000 harrison county ms land deed bk 228 p 226 quitclaim from wl moody jr presidentof the american national insurance company to interstate hotel company in august 1939 harrison county ms land deed bk 228 p 249228   19391941    john c hunt when john c hunt acquired the riviera hotel in july 1939 he had many business interests particularly a large furniture store at dyersburg tennessee  nh avery nathaniel h avery  18891940 a native of new london connecticut was appointed the manager of the riviera hotel in the summer of 1939 replacing the late colonel jw apperson mr avery was formerly assistant cashier of the national whaling bank and president of the gm long lobster company he had previous experience in the hotel industry at cape may new jersey and came to biloxi in october 1938 for a visit lt ee fahey avery s soninlaw had been stationed at the biloxi coast guard base nathan h avery was married and had two children grace avery and nathaniel h avery ii 19242006   the daily herald february 8 1940 p 12    joel h hunt joel h hunt was manager of the riviera hotel in february 1941 when he was sued by william h barton barton alleged that mr hunt made malicious and unveritable remarks about him in ocotber 1940 when he was an employee of the hostelry the daily herald february 20 1941 p 3 for about 25000 john c hunt sold the riviera hotel property to mrs hv sherrill on august 7 1941 harrison county ms land deed bk 241 pp 173   19411955    wilhelmina r sherrill wilhelmina billie sewell roberts sherrill 18861982 was born at jackson east feliciana parish louisiana on september 26 1886 to dr william j roberts 1869pre 1930 and sarah e roberts 18761930 dr wj roberts was a peripatetic physician by 1896 the family had moved to mississippi in 1910 dr wj roberts had relocated his family to colfax grant parish louisiana their other children were lena o roberts 18951910 and bennett f roberts 18991910  hugh v sherrill on september 29 1917 billie roberts married hugh virgil sherrill  18761927 born april 18 1876 at madison county tennessee he was the son of dr hugh newton sherrill 18371903 who was born on august 7 1837 and mary e hardy 18461910 both tennessee natives dr hn sherrill married miss hardy in september 1865 their other children were algernon s sherrill 18681920 clarence h sherrill 18731900 and joseph l sherrill 18791900 this sherrill family is rooted in north carolina thorough archibald sherrill and agnes moss hugh n sherrill and algernon algie s sherrill 18681920 his older brother were business associates in the lumber industry for many years in 1880 the dr hn sherrill family was residing in henderson then in madison county tennessee by 1900 the family had moved to union city obion county tennessee here algie was a dry good merchant and hugh n sherrill engaged in the lumber business 1880 obion county tennessee federal census t623 1591 p 17a ed 108 after the death of dr hn sherrill in tennessee on july 8 1903 hugh v sherrill algie s sherrill and their mother settled at paducah mccracken county kentucky at this ohio river port city they engaged in the lumber business together 1910 mccracken county kentucky federal census t624493 p 2b ed 124  louisianacalifornia in late january 1920 hugh v sherrill and billie r sherrill his recent bride were domiciled at merryville beauregard parish louisiana here hugh v sherrill was the manager of a lumber mill algernon s sherrill 18691920 his brother was the president of the mill and residing with them 1920 beauregard parish louisiana t625605 p 3b ed 109 for some reason unknown to the author hugh v and billie r sherrill were in los angeles county california in september 1920 as their only child hugh virgil sherrill ii 19202007 was born here on september 18 1920 family lore relates that h virgil sherrill had contracted tuberculosis and may have traveled to the western united states to improve his health s ann r morse july 30 2007  new mexico  and travel hugh v sherrill expired at albuquerque bernalillo county new mexico on october 22 1927 by 1930 billie r sherrill his widow was living at 908 west tijeras avenue in albuquerque with her widowed mother and young son after the death of her spouse she began several ocean voyages billie left the canal zone in april 1929 aboard the ss heredia  a united fruit company vessel and landed in new orleans one week later she left havana cuba in august 1930 and arrived at new orleans in september 1930 traveling aboard the ss cuba  1930 bernalillo county new mexico federal census r 1392 p 7b ed 10  mississippi  gulf coast by 1935 billie r sherrill had relocated to east beach at gulfport mississippi in the late summer and early fall of 1935 she went to europe she returned on the ss ile de france leaving le havre france for new york city in early october upon the death of lynn hamilton dinkins 18671938 new orleans banker and son of captain james dinkins 18451939 mrs sherrill was legated 10000 from his estate  the daily herald january 11 1938 p 5    h virgil sherrill h virgil sherrill attended the gulf coast military academy on east beach at gulfport he matriculated to yale university at new haven connecticut and graduated with the class of 1942 mrs sherrill attended his graduation at new haven in june 1942 her sojourn took her to new york city where she was the guest of mr and mrs ashton hayward virgil sherrill also received his commission into the us navy via the yale nrotc program at his commencement exercises they returned to biloxi by automobile virgil was called to active military duty in june 1942  the daily herald june 3 1942 p 2    air war in november 1946 lt jg hugh virgil sherrill was awarded a permanent citation for the navy cross by james forrestal secretary of the navy for his extraordinary heroism as a fighter pilot of fighting squadron 81 attached to the uss wasp  lt sherrill destroyed four japanese fighter planes on february 17 1945 in an air battle over tokyo bay sherrill s squadron encountered an enemy force with superior numbers but preceded to press the fight he was also credited with two probable kills in this battle  the daily herald november 29 1946 p 6   in 1948 h virgil sherrill resided at new orleans here he may have met elizabeth betty stevens b 1924 a native of the crescent city  stanford morse wilhelmina r sherrill married stanford e morse 19001934 a native of wesson mississippi on november 14 1948 in harrison county mississippi he was the widower of ernestine neuhardt 19051932 a native of memphis tennessee george e neuhart 18661920 her ohio born father was a memphis attorney and a judge harrison co ms mrb 78 p 336 and 1920 shelby co tennessee federal census t6251764 p 13a ed 155 the morsesherrill nuptial ceremony was held at her home in pass christian mississippi h virgil sherrill was best man for his mother while stanford morse ii and george e morse stood with their father  the daily herald november 15 1948 p 8  stanford morse and ernestine neuhardt were the parents of stanford e morse jr 19262002 m sally ann reilly b 1927 and george e morse 19262004 m nancy temple wood stanford morse relocated to gulfport mississippi in 1922 from jackson mississippi he was educated at millsaps college and the university of mississippi at gulfport stanford became a partner in the legal firm of ford white and morse which operated from the abstract building at gulfport they resided on east beach at gulfport  the daily herald  50 th golden jubilee 1934 p 72 ernestine neuhardt morse expired at her gulf shore manor home on november 10 1932 she had come to the mississippi gulf coast from memphis to attend gulf park college at long beach after her graduation in  mrs w sherrill morse management as in any change in ownership it was only natural for mrs billie r sherrill to hire and fire employees mrs lm lofgren was employed to manage the hostelry mrs jennie may white who had previously been employed at the palmer house and had worked for colonel jw apperson at the riviera hotel before she left for birmingham alabama returned to biloxi and was placed in charge of food and beverage services mrs leone meyer was to assist her in the dining room the ladies had arranged to have a sunday night buffet to attract locals and provide a venue for social contact among the guests of the riviera  the daily herald august 11 1941 p 7    keesler army airfield biloxi housing shortage august 1941 was a brilliant time for mrs willie r sherrill to have acquired the riviera hotel in june 1941 the us army air corps had activated station no 8 aviation mechanics school at biloxi mississippi by late august 1941 this military installation had been dedicated as keesler army airfield in honor of 2nd lieutenant samuel reeves keesler 18961918 a native of greenwood mississippi lieutenant keesler had died in france from wounds received while in aerial combat against germany during the great war keesler army airfield not only became technical training center but trained basic recruits the first contingent of recruits arrived at biloxi on august 21 1941 enwikipediaorg wiki  keesler  air  force  base  clerks edward i carnes 19141972 and louis raymond  the daily herald august 11 1941 p 7  shortly after mrs billie r sherril acquired the riviera hotel she placed an advertisement in the local biloxi journal which read as follows  riviera hotel biloxi  s coolest announces delicious home cooked meals prepared by mrs jennie may white at popular prices also sunday night buffet supper cool comfortable rooms with ceiling fans new innerspring mattresses in each room homelike atmosphere single rooms with  private bath  as low as 150 daily under complete new management since august 8 th 1941  the daily herald august 14 1941 p 7   in november 1941 billie r sherrill advertised her biloxi hotel in the yellow pages of the southern bell telephone and telegraph telephone gulfport telephone directory as follows  riviera hotel 100 rooms 100 baths rates 150 up  meet the best people on earth here  mrs hv sherrill owner 101 e beach 1100  p 43 billie s morse died december 6 1982 buried at live oak cemetery in pass christian mississippi  the daily herald december 8 1982 p 2  before her death billie s morse vended the riviera hotel at biloxi to the avelez hotel company in december 1955 harrison county ms land deed bk 403 p 171  avelez hotel company the avelez hotel company was chartered in june 1946 by uriah s joachim 18881977 richard r guice adrian weill 19031971 and albert sydney johnston jr 19001992 harrison county ms charter bk 93 p 162 wilhelmina billie sewell roberts sherrill morse 18861982 vended the riviera hotel at biloxi to the avelez hotel company in december 1955 harrison county ms land deed bk 403 p 171  uriah s joachim uriah silvester jack joachim 18881977 was born on march 13 1888 at ocean springs mississippi he attended soule business school at new orleans graduating in 1906 joachim found employment as a bookkeeper for the dantzler commissary a subsidiary of the ln dantzler lumber company at vancleave later he worked with the j s company there in 1908 us joachim relocated to biloxi where he became an employee of the l lopez company as a bookkeeper  lepre 1991 p 160 and the daily herald january 31 1977 p a2  on november 14 1912 at nativity bvm in biloxi us joachim married stella angelina gillen 18921963 a native of biloxi and the daughter of mark j gillen 18401925 from county mayo ireland and ellen sheehan 18541931 a native of new orleans us joachim and stella g joachim were the parents of mark gillen joachim b 1913 clare joachim maddox b 1915 john schappert jack joachim b 1916 harry joseph joachim b 1920 and ruth marylyn joachim janca 19251989   mark joachim august 27 1999  by march 1918 mr joachim had been promoted manager of the l lopez company operation in biloxi at this time he resigned and joined the combel hardware company as manager mr joachim was one of the incorporators of this stock company which evolved in 1948 into his wholly owned combel s merchandise mart in addition to his hardware interests us joachim was president of first federal savings and loan and the avelez hotel he was also a member of the biloxi chamber of commerce elks club and church of the nativity of the bvm mr joachim expired in late january 1977 stella gillen joachim his wife of over fifty years preceded him in death expiring on september 12 1963 they rest eternally in the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the jackson county times march 20 1918 p 7 and the daily herald january 31 1977 p a2    adrian weill adrian weill 19031971 was born august 18 1903 in osthaffen lorraine france the son of leon weill 18701903 and hermine weill leon weill had come to the united states in 1886 by 1900 he was the proprietor of a general merchandising store in ascension parish louisiana it appears that he returned circa 1902 to alsacelorraine married and had two sons adrian weill and roger weill 19021988 the weill brothers immigrated to america in 1920 settling near lutcher st james parish louisiana with jonas weill 18771963 their uncle and a retail merchant jonas weill had immigrated to louisiana in 18961900 ascension parish la federal census t623 557 p 4a ed 8 and 1920 st james parish la federal census r815 p 19a ed 10  in 1930 adrian weill relocated to biloxi mississippi and opened a retail shoe store on lameuse street shortly he acquired the building that his leased space was situated which led to his life long vocation of acquiring and selling rental property adrian initiated the first drivein restaurant ferdinand s at biloxi which was located on west beach he also constructed biloxi s first shopping center weill s shopping center also on west beach  the daily herald february 22 1971 p 1  adrian weill met and married jeannette l dees 19162002 who was born northeast of mobile at repton conecuh county alabama donna mae long dees mcmillan 18981930 her mother once served as postmaster of repton alabama adrian and jeannette d weill were the parents of adrian michael mike weill 19431976 jolene w manuel aultman donna lynn w minton green and jacqueline w glascow bernstein d pre 2002  the sun herald april 21 2002 p a8 and 1930 conecuh co alabama federal census r9 p 5a ed 17 in december 1986 jacqueline w bernstein jolene w aultman and donna w green conservators and daughters of jeanette dees weill sold the former allman tract to loris c bridges jxco ms land deed bk 649 p 454 and bk 875 p 475 and p 478  1947 hurricane the september storm of 1947 was very devastating to lowlying commercial and residential structures from point cadet to the biloxi lighthouse the storm surge at biloxi was measured at thirteen feet in the vicinity of the riviera hotel  1954 mrs martha ellis manager announced that the painting and redecorating of the third floor of the riviera hotel was commenced yesterday this action will complete the hotel s renovation which began last year the daily herald september 29 1954 p 22  1965 miss pauline mcfarlane of pascagoula was named manager replacing chris maples  the daily herald november 11 1965 p 2  camille august 19 1969 the board of directors of the avelez hotel held a special meeting on march 18 1970 and unanimously vote to sell their old montrossriviera hotel lot on lameuse and beach boulevard two days later the avelez hotel corporation for 260000 conveyed the lot to the housing authority of biloxi 2 nd jd harrison county ms land deed bk 8 p 473  city of biloxi   references  nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 p 82 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound illustrated  delchamps mobile alabama1893  the history of jackson county mississippi    william c seaman   jackson county mississippi genealogical society pascagoula mississippi 1989  southern bell telephone and telegraph co    telephone directorygulfport miss  november 1941  chancery court no 315 1879 no 349 1882 no 408 1886 no 799 1896 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 143   peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al may 1874 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 889   the estate of pj montross  1897 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 11071   riviera hotel company cb foster and ca delacruz v mrs tk devitt et al  may 1930 harrisoncounty mississippi chancery court cause no 13635   ec ellison et al v jw apperson  may 1934  journals the biloxi herald   montross hotel advertisement   january 14 1888 the biloxi herald   first excursion of the season   february 18 1888 the biloxi herald   montross hotel advertisement   february 18 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   march 3 1888 the biloxi herald   northern visitors   march 10 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   april 7 1888 the biloxi herald   proceedings town council   august 18 1888 the biloxi herald   visit to the northwest   october 6 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   november 10 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   november 24 1888 the biloxi herald   the glorious fourth   july 4 1891 the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 28 1892 the biloxi herald   montross hotel   december 9 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 20 1894 the biloxi herald   latest city news   june 13 1896 the biloxi daily herald   necrologymajor peter j montross   april 3 1897 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   april 3 1897 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   april 10 1897 the biloxi daily herald   hotel montross  may 8 1897 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   july 3 1897 the biloxi daily herald   concert at the montross   july 17 1897 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   january 17 1899 the biloxi daily herald   affeldsanders   april 10 1900 the biloxi daily herald   pleasure boat for hire   june 26 1900 the biloxi daily herald   pretty things   august 22 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 30 1900 the biloxi daily herald   swept by flames   november 9 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 18 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 5 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 8 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 10 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   mr sawford honored   january 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   february 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races for the soldiers   august 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   northern visitors   october 29 1904 the biloxi daily herald   among the candidates   july 29 1907 the biloxi daily herald   paid homage to honored dead  tp dulion     february 23 1907 the biloxi daily herald   city news    the biloxi daily herald   city news    the biloxi daily herald   city news    the daily herald the daily herald   carnvail  sic  next year to be bigger and better   april 1908 the daily herald   mr sawford will retain montross   april 29 1909 the daily herald   punches biloxi hotel operator   august 2 1910 the daily herald   kimbrough home on beach is sold   june 7 1912 the daily herald   cadillac wins grunewald cup in race from orleans to biloxi  june 30 1913 the daily herald   col apperson is uncle of first memphis hero   may 14 1918 the daily herald   biloxi news   april 12 1920 the daily herald   riviera work progressing   september 23 1922 the daily herald   riviera hotel changes hands   june 12 1924 the daily herald   riviera improvements completed   august 6 1926 the daily herald   florian seal offers himself for reelection   april 2 1927 the daily herald   apperson leaves for cuba   april 8 1927 the daily herald   popularizing riviera cafe   april 25 1927 the daily herald   kiwanis meet at riviera hotel   august 26 1927 the daily herald   florian seal dies suddenly   december 12 1927 the daily herald   florian seal buried today   december 13 1927 the daily herald   riviera improvements completed   august 6 1926  the daily herald   bilbo to be guest of col apperson   december 3 1926 the daily herald    path leads montross to return to biloxi   may 3 1927 the daily herald    col apperson buy riviera for 80000   november 4 1929 the daily herald   riviera guests in new homes    november 5 1929 the daily herald   riviera hotel to open january 10   december 31 1929 the daily herald   john carraway dies   august 6 1931 the daily herald   carraway funeral   august 19 1931 the daily herald   carraway funeral   august 21 1931 the daily herald   john carraway buried   august 24 1931 the daily herald   mrs stanford morse succumbs to illness   november 10 1932 the daily herald   remodeling pavilion   november 21 1936 the daily herald   mrs florian seal dies   september 12 1936 the daily herald   10000 left to mrs hv sherill   january 11 1938 the daily herald   col jw apperson taken by death   april 1 1939 the daily herald   new management riviera hotel   august 1 1939 the daily herald   nh avery new riviera manager   1939 the daily herald   is avery dies   february 8 1940 the daily herald   hotel manager is sued for 25000   february 20 1941 the daily herald   riviera hotel is sold to mrs sherrill   august 9 1941 the daily herald   announce personnel of riviera hotel   august 11 1941 the daily herald   hotels have biggest season   august 11 1941 the daily herald   riviera hotel  advertisement     august 14 1941 the daily herald   attends yale graduation   june 3 1942 the daily herald   once busy biloxi beach deep in sand   september 24 1947 the daily herald   lt sherrill cited   november 29 1946 the daily herald   morsesherrill   november 15 1948 the daily herald   mrs jw apperson dies   october 26 1951 the daily herald   hotel redecorated   september 29 1954 the daily herald   riviera hotel on biloxi beach is purchased for 100000   december 23 1955 the daily herald   eugene leonetti  january 13 1961 the daily herald   adrian weill taken by death  february 22 1971 the daily herald   mrs stanford e wilhelmina morse   december 8 1982 the daily herald    the daily picayune   yachtingbiloxi to have a fine building   august 21 1900  the jackson county times the jackson county times   riviera hotel is damaged by fire   may 20 1922 the jackson county times   local and personal   april 25 1925 the jackson county times   col apperson buys riviera for 80000   november 9 1929 the new orleans daily picayune   the late destructive gale   september 16 1855 the star of pascagoula may 29 1875 p 3 the star of pascagoula   our watering places  june 26 1875 the sun herald   jeanette dees weill   april 21 2002 p a8 the sun herald   flashbacka firstclass hotel in biloxi   may 6 2012 p f10  internet enwikipediaorg wiki  keesler  air  force  base personal communication  ann reilly morse telephone on july 30 2007  hotel d europebuolo hotel west water street   location   block 126 ½ lot west by croesus south by water street 62 feet on water street north 65 feet  hotel d europe in may 1867  francis fizaine  fizen leased the hotel d europe with all buildings and outhouse s there on to charles dejean  18121894 for a term of five years the dejean lease commenced on may 15 1866 and terminated on may 15 1871 with an annual rent of 300 fizaine promised to repair the roof and floors and agreed to erect at his own expense a substantial bath house for the use of dejean and guests in addition he was to leave fifteen bedsteads dining tables and wash stands in the premises harrison co ms land deed bk 10 p 164  the boulo hotel prior to the acquisition in march 1913 by august tremmel 18731942 the parcel of land in biloxi mississippi that would become the site of his tin shop and home was the location of a large hotel the hotel was called the boulo hotel and it was probably erected by charles dejean 18121894 who was called boulo charles dejean was born at france and was the father of peter dejean 18571909 who married kate williams in october 1880 alice d lanius 18541904 m michael smith lanius 18481905 and ida d fountain 181892 peter was born in louisiana his mother was from louisiana a hotel clerk in 1880 charles dejean acquired his hotel property in march 1868 for 2500 from george binder attorney in fact of carl schwarz and the heirs at law of john crusius deceased of new orleans the warranty deed to dejean described the tract as  a certain lot of ground with the improvements thereon situated in the town of biloxi county of harrison in the state of mississippi namely said lot is bounded on the south by a street known as water street on the north by a street or property of vendors on the west   by property of one menasker or a street left by vendors and on the east by a road leading north and south having a front on water street of one hundred and fifty seven feet more or less running thence north one hundred and eightyfour feet thence east one hundred and fiftyseven feet more or less thence south one hundred and eightyfour feet and west one hundred fiftyseven feet more or less to the place of beginning  harco ms land deed bk 10 p 426 on october 16 1894 after the demise of charles dejean the boulo hotel and land were vended to jenny bozonnier tissot by his heirs peter dejean and alice d lanius harco ms land deed bk 32 pp 79  tissot family jenny bozonnier tissot 18491912 a native of new orleans and a member of the bozonnierandry family from france was the widow of judge aristeed l tissot of new orleans judge tissot adjudicated in the civil district court formerly called the old probate court the tissot family maintained a summer home at biloxi it was situated on west beach and croesus street in 1900 mrs tissot was residing on croesus street with her two children louise melanie lovely tissot 18751922 and louis a tissot 18761907 two servants were also in the household louis a tissot expired on june 6 1907 at denver colorado 1900 federal census harco ms and  the  biloxi  daily herald june 8 1907 p 1  demolition   from a study of the sanborn maps of biloxi mississippi it can be determined with a high degree of certitude that the boulo hotel was demolished between 1904 and 1914 no further information   charles dejean facts adele aldezer 18261916 first wife josephine dejean 18441880 mother french alice dejean lanius a native of france married michael smith lanius 18481905 a native ofalabama before 1870 seven children five daughters and two sons charles m lanius 18811950 married laura tremmel 18841935 a sister of august tremmel who would acquire the dejean hotel property later peter dejean facts engaged in business at decatur alabama in 1888  the  biloxi  herald january 21 1888 p 8 in june 1891 peter dejean opened the little gem a billiard saloon   the biloxi herald june 6 1891 p 8  mrs ida fountain halfsister of pj dejean died at nola last saturday  the biloxi herald february 6 1892 p4  in may 1899 operating sazerac lunch house on the corner of howard and main street in december 1914    the daily herald  stated that in an article titled twenty years ago that   peter dejean opened up a restaurant on the depot square   the daily herald december 19 1914 p 8    references  the biloxid iberville press   the way it was biloxi s chalet boulo   november 18 1995  the  biloxi  herald   city news   january 21 1888 the  biloxi  herald   local happenings   june 6 1891 the  biloxi  herald   city news   january 21 1888 the  biloxi  herald   sazarac lunch house   may 16 1899 the daily herald   twenty years ago today   december 19 1914  sheffer house  1880 in may 1880  theodore m scheffer  18491884 a prussian immigrant opened his establishment the scheffer house for guests it had been placed in first class condition for the season 1880 harrison co mississippi federal census t9648 p 9 ed 139 and the pascagoula democratstar may 28 1880 p 3   references  the pascagoula democratstar  may 28 1880  orleans house  the pascagoula democrat june 4 1880 p 4 the biloxi herald september 8 1888 p 5 william drysdale 18181870 was born in scotland in january 1857 he married margaret ellen musson 18401896 an irish immigrant from belfast children jane drysdale 18581939 william drysdale 1861 elizabeth drysdale 1864 married charles l johnson in 1894 anna drysdale 18661934 josephine drysdale 18671955 john thomas drysdale 18681934 robert e lee drysdale 18711900 alexander w drysdale 1872pre 1880 and alexina i drysdale 1872pre1880 lepre 1991 p 97 maggie drysdale left biloxi in february 1888 to stay with william drysdale her brother at selma alabama in 1900 william was operating a restaurant on washington street at selma alabama circa 1884 he married fannie hedge or haig a native of alabama two children born at biloxi in 1885 and lepre 1991 p 97 and 1900 dallas co alabama federal census t623 14 p 8b ed 44  references  the biloxi herald   city news  february 25 1888   arlington hotel   circa 1889  arlington house  courtesy of hr randy randazzo the arlington house and its furnishings were owned by charles f theobald  18391903 and situated on front street beach boulevard probably near main street it appears to have opened in 1889 under the proprieurtorship of h edwards  by may 1890  colonel l bitterwolf of new orleans was the lessor he stayed for about two months and was replaced by edward l brown also coming from the crescent city by way of western resorts colonel bitterwolf returned to nola to work in the liquor business the biloxi herald november 30 1889 p 2 and july 26 1890 p 1  advertisement in june 1891 this advertisement was run in the biloxi herald   arlington hotel   on the front beach biloxi mississippi under the proprieurtorship of edward l brown  fire in early september 1891 a fire commenced in the kitchen of the arlington hotel which quickly spread to the main building the hotel and a small warehouse structure owned by jacob elmer were consumed by the conflagration mr theobald had his property insured for 3500 but his losses were estimated at 6000 mr brown the lessor had covered his personal effects for 1200 the biloxi herald september 12 1891 p 4  references  the biloxi herald   advertisement  november 30 1889 the biloxi herald   advertisement  december 21 1889 the biloxi herald   advertisement  june 6 1890 the biloxi herald   the arlington hotel changes hands  july 26 1890 the biloxi herald   fire record  september 12 1891  bayview hotel   1926 improvements   references  the daily herald  bayview hotel improvements   january 6 1927 p 2  beach hotel  built 1893  drysdale family in 1857 margaret ellen musson 18401896 native of belfast nothern ireland married william drysdale 18181870 native of scotland in harrison county mississippi see mrb 3 p 110  children jane drysdale 18581939 william drysdale 1861 elizabeth drysdale 1864 married charles l johnson in 1894 anna drysdale 18661934 josephine drysdale 18671955 john thomas drysdale 18681934 robert e lee drysdale 18711900 alexander w drysdale 1872pre 1880 and alexina i drysdale 1872pre1880 lepre 1991 p 97 the biloxi herald october 24 1896 the biloxi herald october 31 1896 1870 harrison county mississippi federal census the handsboro democrat in 1914 run by four drysdale sisters jennie jane drysdale was the buyer and general manager lizzie drysdale had married charles l johnson but after being widowed had returned to the family business jo drysdale  nesbit cottages1944   property known as vacation village in 1959   references   the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald drysdake property bought by orleanian march 3 1937 the daily herald the daily herald building permits the daily herald miss jane drysdale dies at biloxi today april 20 1939 the daily herald   know your coast today two readers take over the column  january 30 1959 p 2  the breslow hotel  1904 biloxi mississippi sanborn mapsheet 5   the  breslow hotel  a new and spacious modern structure on front street was being completed by john eistetter occupancy was expected by 1 june mrs ma andrews formerly of the bay view will manage the premises she was at the neilson house in 1891 the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8 and the biloxi herald june 13 1891 p 4  19001940     avon hotel and annex   1926  the daily herald january 16 1926 p 2  1929 vincent di gregorio   18621929 proprietor of the avon hotel was killed by a trolley car on november 15 1929 at biloxi he was a native of new orleans and former owner of the pelican fish company mr di gregorio had been in biloxi since about 1911 and owned additional biloxi beach front acreage the daily herald november 16 1929 p  references   the daily herald hotel avon for lease october 17 1925 the daily herald to open avon febuary 8 1928 the daily herald avon changes hands january 6 1929 the daily herald di gregorio dies after being hit by trolley car november 16 1929  avalez hotel  image made before the august 1930 fire  wkm dukate home in late 1922 edward l brady 18741939 erena lopez brady 18851940 and teresa lopez folkes 18731951 acquired the wkm dukate 18521916 residence property situated on the south side of west howard avenue bounded by croesus street on the west and magnolia street on the east the magnificent dukate home which cost 4500 to erect had been built here in the fall of 1894 with jf barnes architect and contractor from new orleans in charge the dukate lot on west howard avenue was leveled and prepared for construction in midoctober 1894 by middecember 1894 the dukate home was nearing completion in march 1895 local decorators white suter were lauded for the quality of their paper hanging painting and interior decorating of the dukate edifice henry lienhard a relative of mrs linda dukate painted the fence surrounding the perimeter of the dukate place  the biloxi herald        hotel lot the avelez hotel lot facing north of west howard avenue was situated between croesus street and magnolia street and described as follows from the point of beginning which is the intersection of the south side of west howard avenue and magnolia street thence south 202 ½ feet to a point which is the southeast corner of the hotel lot then go west for 80 feet thence south 13 212 feet to a point and then go west 70 feet to the southwest corner of the hotel lot go north along the east side of croesus for 239 feet to the northwest corner of west howard avenue and croesus street thence 163 feet along west howard avenue to the point of beginning harrison co mississippi land deed bk 235 p 267  hotel madames brady and folkes planned to erect a handsome hotel on the former dukate lot in late february 1923 they with carl matthes a wellrespected biloxi architect left town to tour and inspect some of the finer resorts and hotels in florida with the purpose of generating ideas for their new biloxi enterprise  the daily herald february 27 1923 p 3   the name avelez was chosen for the brady hotel lazarus lopez 18501903 the father of erena lopez brady had been born at aviles asturias province north western spain in october 1850 he left spain for cuba in 1863 and arrived in texas before becoming a denizen of biloxi mississippi circa 1870 lazaro lopez expired in rome italy on september 25 1903 as the result of an acute inflammation of his kidneys and dysentery earlier he and julia dulion lopez 18571918 his loving spouse with four of their youngest children julius m lopez 18861958 erena lopez rowena lopez 18951986 and noreta lopez 18961960 had departed biloxi mississippi via the l n railroad for nyc where they boarded an ocean liner for europe mr lopez had been ill at biloxi before they left for europe a telegram from rome reached biloxi on september 19 1903 notifying his family here that he was seriously sick  the biloxi herald september 19 1903 p 8    el brady hotel company the erena l brady hotel company was chartered in the state of mississippi in september 1923 by edward l brady erena lopez brady and william lee guice harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 28 p 545 and land deed bk 403 p 171  construction the avelez hotel was situated on the south side of west howard avenue and croesus street it was erected in 1923 by the el brady hotel company owned by edward brady and erena lopez brady his spouse the brady hotel company contracted with tallavest rigar builders from jacksonville florida to erect their fivestory onehundred room edifice at the cost of 60000 the hotel was to be the equipped with modern furniture and each hotel room to have a bathroom the daily herald december 28 1923 p 1  openingnew year s eve1923 when the avelez hotel opened on december 31 1923 philip columbus caldwell 18921951 was its manager manager caldwell had married rowena lopez 18951986 the sister of erena lopez brady on january 12 1917 in a small wedding ceremony at nativity bvm in biloxi father alphonse ketels officiated for their nuptial vows mr caldwell was manager of was the manager of the great southern hotel at gulfport mississippi   the daily herald january 13 1917 p 3   the newlywed caldwells made their home in gulfport by the fall of 1917 philip c caldwell had left his managerial position with the great southern hotel and joined j rucks yerger jr 18921931 his brotherinlaw in the insurance business as yergercaldwell their office was above grant s drug store on west howard avenue with wwi raging in europe mr caldwell joined the us army in 1917 and was stationed at camp shelby in the quartermasters corps   the daily herald october 4 1917 p 3 and october 8 1917 p 3   by 1920 the caldwell family was domiciled in the lazarus lopez edifice on west howard avenue living with the yergers noreta julia lopez yerger 18961960 and rucks yerger and the bradys erena l brady and edward l brady in january 1920 the yergers made the decision to demolish the magnificent lopez domicile and erect the yerger building on it site by this time three caldwell children margaret caldwell 1918 m philip j jack caldwell ii 19192008 m joan h caldwell 19232001 and rowena jill caldwell 19192008 m mr otremba  the daily herald january 22 1920 p 3 and june 10 1920 p 6   phillip c caldwell expired at chicago in the mercy hospital on june 8 1951 the caldwell family had left biloxi in 1924 at the time of his demise mr caldwell was manager of the chapmanpark hotel in los angeles he was survived by rowena lopez caldwell his spouse and children mrs edward wilson of chicago mrs arthur atriembo and phillip caldwell phillip caldwell s corporal remains were interred at a chicago cemetery rowen lopez caldwell passed on april 17 1986 at goleta santa barbara county california the daily herald june 9 1951 p 3 rowen lopez caldwell passed on april 17 1986 at goleta santa barbara county california phil caldwell was instrumental in securing the greeters of america to make a visit to biloxi before they arrived he had taken a position at the hotel galves at galveston texas in may 1921 the daily herald may 12 1921 p 8 in the summer of 1930 the caldwell family was domiciled at chicago phil and rowena l caldwell took a two month european tour at this time their three children were enrolled in summer camps in michigan jill and margaret caldwell went to camp meecasinio near baldwin michigan while jack attended camp algonquin near alanson michigan  1930 conflagration the avelez hotel structure was struck by a devastating conflagration in the early morning of august 24 1930 the fire originated in the hill store in the arcade fronting the hotel section of the building guests of the avelez hotel were notified and evacuated from their rooms without harm initial damage estimates from insurance adjusters placed the total cost of the fire at about 65000 which when itemized came to 40000 to 50000 for stocks and fixtures and about 25000 for the structure the hotel proper was harmed only by smoke and water mrs erena brady lopez announced that the fire damaged arcade would be rebuilt the day after the fire collins brothers and manual and wetzel two local building contractors were making estimates for mrs brady and her insurance companies respectively businesses affected by the conflagration in addition to the hill store were eddie s drug storeeddie ouille owner la nationale beauty parlormrs charles h patterson of nola owner the biloxi insurance agency the barber shopnh mcallister proprietor and the avelez cafe operated by dan markotich the daily herald august 25 1930 p 1  avelez management wd jarman of baton rouge louisiana former manager of the avelez hotel and the pine hills hotel is now assistant manger with the hotel buena vista  the daily herald june 6 1927 p 2    1932el brady hotel company default the great depression commencing in october 1929 may have been the salient reason for the el brady hotel company to default on their mortgage of 166000 made in march 1928 with the canal bank trust company of nola in october 1931 their chief bond holders allen dezauche morris a hirsch ha cleaver richard mccarthy and js waterman who owned 133500 in avelez hotel bonds demanded payment when the default came the avelez hotel was sold to these gentlemen in a trustee s sale on march 7 1932 harrison co mississippi land trust deed bk 64 p 169163 trust deed bk 81 p 230 and harrison co mississippi land deed bk 194 p 5870  avelez hotel company allen dezauche and the bond holders of the canal bank trust company sold the avelez hotel on april 1932 to the avelez hotel company for 20000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 194 p 71  1937sales in january 1937 properties incorporated through the stephen l guice and company a biloxi realty firm vended the avelez hotel to john t powers of alexandria louisiana and associate with guaranty bank trust company of alexandria louisiana and aw keen a resident of houston texas and hotel operator with properties in atlanta and houston these gentlemen will personally operate the hotel the timespicayune january 12 1937 p 4 and january 17 1937 p 63 john t powers sold a 14 interest of his interest in the avelez hotel to katherine waggoner powers 18871957 his spouse in january 1937 it appears that the powers divorced before 1945 katherine w powers died at biloxi mississippi in september 1957 leaving her son john w powers and mc waggoner a brother at tylertown mississippi her corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery in west billxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 213 p 379 and the daily herald september 17 1957 p 2  john t powers john thomas powers 18871971 was a native of baton rouge louisiana before mr powers came to the mississippi coast he was associated with the bentley hotel at alexandria louisiana in march 1937 when mr powers was the managing the avelez hotel at biloxi john w powers 19111970 his son and a resident of lake charles louisiana came to visit his parents at the hotel while here john w powers decided to relocate to biloxi and became the cottage manager at the buena vista hotel by 1949 the powers family was operating the biloxi laundry dry cleaning company at 244 porter avenue the daily herald march 30 1937 p 3 in february 1945 eva mae powers 18991965 a native of alexandria louisiana and the wife of john t powers acquired from julia agnes o neill mooney glengariff an older residence situated at 253 beach drive in ocean springs glengariff was the former summer retirement home and estate of captain francis o neill 18491936 of chicago and mrs mooney was his daughter the house was located near the center of a 514 acre tract which ran northeasterly from the beach front almost 800 feet to the southwest corner of cleveland and martin avenues there was 286 feet of beach front francis o neill was a resident of 5448 drexel avenue at chicago illinois he and his family wintered at ocean springs mississippi from 1914 to his death on january 26 1936 o neil was interred at the mount olivet cemetery in chicago and is known today for his jackson co mississippi land deed bk 88 pp 471473 john werner powers died at glengarriff on january 27 1970 he was survived by his wife mabel powers and children john thomas powers of seattle and carol leatherman of pineville louisiana in september 1971 john t powers followed his son in death his first spouse eva mae powers had expired in midfebruary 1965 she was a native of alexandria louisiana john t powers left a wife helen edwards he was a mason and shriner and also a member of the us coast guard auxiliary the ocean springs news february 18 1965 p 1 the daily herald january 28 1970 p 2 and september 19 1971 p a2 glengarriff was sold to el madrid inc in march 1969 by mrs beverly s haslitt the daughter of eva mae powers and john t powers the magnificent old house was torn down to build the el madrid apartments which became the ocean pointe apartments which commenced operations in the spring of 1971 katrina destroyed all structures on this property in august 2005 jackson co mississippi land deed bk 359 p 259    1940sales the year 1940 saw many changes in the ownership of the avelez hotel john t powers and his partners were in debt to the reconstruct finance corporation for 38730 the powers party was sued in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi in march 1940 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 232 p 379 and harrison co mississippi cause no 16897march 1940 in may 1940 the trustee for the mortgagers of the avelez hotel which at this time had eighteight rooms and had been operated for about three years by john t powers sold the hostelry for 33000 to the canal bank trust company of nola the only other bidder was jc hunt the proprietor of the tivoli hotel and riviera hotel both biloxi inns the daily herald may 14 1940 p 1  1940pringle group in october 1940 hg thompson special agent for the canal bank trust company in liquidation conveyed the avelez hotel to victor b pringle carl e matthes and dewey r reagan the sales price was 42500 the new owners planned to open in november with a new management team and was considering to enact renovations and improvements to the hotel and front harrison co mississippi land deed bk 235 p 267 the sale of the avelez hotel to the pringle group was approved by the federal court at biloxi and the orleans parish civil district court at new orleans the court required that the liquidators of the canal bank trust compnay sell the biloxi hotel for 42500 the payment terms were 10000 cash and the balance of the price to be paid in six annual installments five payments int he amount of 2500 each year and the final payment of 20000 with 5 interest and secure by a vendor s lien and deed of trust on the property in addition if the mortgage was paid in full within six months there would be a discount of 2500 or if cancelled within one year there would be a 2000 discount to the purchasers the daily herald october 29 1940 p 3  1946 sale in july 1946 victor b pringle margaret w prongle beulah dukate matthes carl e matthes vallie d landry and juan g landry sold the avelez hotel to the avelez hotel corporation the consideration was 190000 with 55000 paid in cash and 135000 in promissory notes harrison co mississippi land deed bk 289 p 493  avelez hotel corporation the avelez hotel corporation was chartered june 1946 by uriah s joachim 18881977 richard r guice adrian weill 1903 and albert sydney johnson jr in december 1955 the avelez hotel corporation acquired the riviera hotel formerly the montross hotel located on the northeast corner of lameuse street beach boulevard from willemenhia billie s morse harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 93 p 162 and land deed bk 403 p 171  earle hotel in december 1946 theearle hotel company a national chain which operated hostelries from boston to seattle took a10year lease from the avelez hotel corporation the total consideration was 400000 for the building s furnishings and ancillary equipment the onehundred room avelez hotel was renamed the earle hotel and tr brady manager was replaced by hr davern on january 1 1947 hr pratt of the earle hotel organization negotiated the lease through victor clesi a broker domiciled in the crescent city the daily herald december 17 1946 p 1 and december 18 1946 p 15  avelez hotel  september 1970 avelez hotel december 1972  urban renewal  in december 1972 the harris wrecking company was employed to demolish the avelez hotel on west howard avenue the job was expected to take 30 days and their remuneration was 25000 the daily herald december 1 1972  references   chancery court cases  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16897 r finance corporation v john t powers et al march 1940     journals    the biloxid iberville press   picture of the pastavelez hotel in the late twenties   july 24 1985 the biloxid iberville press   the history of the biloxi areaavelez hotel   march 23 1994 the daily herald   caldwelllopez   january 13 1917 the daily herald    mr caldwell goes to camp shelby   october 4 1917 the d aily herald   notice to the public   october 8 1917   the daily herald   lopez home to be demolished   january 22 1920   the daily herald   biloxi home is being torn down   june 10 1920 the daily herald   making home in texas   may 12 1921 the daily herald   handsome hotel to open new year s eve   december 28 1923   the daily herald   hotel avelez opens today   december 31 1923   the daily herald   hundreds attend opening reception of hotel avelez   january 1 1924 the daily herald   biloxi items   april 23 1930 the daily herald   caldwells abroad   july 31 1930 the daily herald    to rebuild avalez building after 60000 conflagration    august 25 1930  the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   march30 1937  the daily herald    new orleans bank buys avelez hotel    may 14 1940  the daily herald    local syndicate buys avelez hotel  october 14 1940 the daily herald   court authorizes sale avelez hotel october 29 1940 the daily herald   lease by earle hotel chain   december 17 1946  the daily herald   biloxi avelez leased by chain   december 18 1946 the daily herald   phillip caldwell dies in chicago   june 9 1951 the daily herald   mrs katherine powers   september 17 1957 the daily herald    john w powers   january 28 1970 p 2  the daily herald   urban  renewal threatens biloxi s avelez hotel   september 14 1970 the daily herald    john t powers   september 19 1971 p a2  the ocean springs news   mrs eva mae powers   february 18 1965  the timespicayune   sale of avelez hotel at biloxi announced here   january 12 1937  the timespicayune   biloxi avelez leased by chain   december 18 1946  the timespicayune      the timespicayune        biloxi hotel  in january 1905 octavie tricou weysham 18351910 conveyed to teresa lopez folkes a large tract of land on west beach the consideration was 4000 and the weysham parcel had a front of 100 feet on the gulf and ran north to pass christian road catherine perry was to the west and dr folkes sanatorium was to the east shortly thereafter in june 1905 erena lopez acquired the perry large tract which was east of the biloxi cemetery for 17000 it a front on the gulf of mexico of three hundred sixtyeight feet and ran north almost 1200 feet to cemetery road now irish hill drive harrison co mississippi land deed bk 64 p 388 and bk 69 p 89 the weysham property was sold to mrs folkes by richard b harrison 18311905 local agent and the father of charles t harrison 18631948 who would develop a 20 th century real estate empire in biloxi the weysham place had been on the market for several years and had two houses situated on it  the biloxi daily herald october 21 1902 p 3 and december 10 1904 p 4   mrs octavie t weysham was born at new orleans in july 1877 she had married alphonse charles weysham 18311900 the widower of her sister emma tricou weysham 18311876 emma had given birth to blanche weysham harris 18621900 who was reared by octavie and alphonse c weysham he made his livelihood as cashier for a large commercial house in the crescent city 1880 orleans parish federal census r461 p 371c ed 43  gulf coast sanitarium and health resort dr james e wallace 18761942 joined dr folkes in the summer of 1911 he had been at the biloxi sanatorium several years past but returned to touro infirmary at nola before relocating to biloxi to partner with dr folker dr wallace planned to live at the sanatorium and have his office over grant s drugstore on west howard avenue  the daily herald july 21 1911 p 8  founded by dr hm folkes consisted of operating room and clinic in 1912 installed a modern xray machine in clinic   the daily herald january 8 1913 p 1  in january 1913 dr folkes hosted the harrison county medical association at his sanitarium coast physicians attending were dr rl white dr gf carroll and dr hm folkes of biloxi dr al morris dr ac caraway dr ca sheely dr dj williams dr ec parker and dr hh west of gulfport dr wa dearman and dr dg mohler of long beach dr bz welch of woolmarket dr ga mchenry of mchenry and dr jp berry of jackson  the daily herald january 8 1913 p 1    1 st national bank of biloxi dr hm folkes resigned as president of the 1 st national bank of biloxi in december 1916 he had sold all of his interest in the bank edward c tonsmeire was elected president by the bank s board and would also continue as cashier  the daily herald december 14 1916 p 1    hotel biloxi  to hm folkes for 15000 in september 1919 dr folkes then almost immediately he sold to js love state bank examiner for the state of mississippi for 250 and assumption of trust deed harrison co mississippi land deed bk 124 p 414 and bk 415  hotel biloxi sale hm folkes president and teresa l folkes secretary respectively conveyed the hotel biloxi to wb patterson of mobile alabama in february 1923 the sale included all furniture fixtures appliances buildings capital stock of the hotel biloxi and the artesian well rights deeded to dr folkes harrison co mississippi land deed bk 137 p 256  new ownership in april 1925 wb patterson agreed to a lease purchase on the hotel biloxi with jp edwards of ocean springs and lee m russell 18761930 of gulfport and later biloxi the grantees agreed to pay mr patterson 79300 for the hotel and assume a 20700 mortgage with the international life insurance company in addition they would be responsible for taxes and fire and tornado insurance on the property in the amount of 100000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 375  harry w fitzpatrick and phillip w levine in september 1925 monsieur s edwards and russell assigned their hotel lease and obligations to harry w fitzpatrick 18761926 of new orleans and phillip w levine 18901940 of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 379 harry w fitzpatrick was born at nola of an irish immigrant father and alabama mother he improved his lot in life from driving a truck for a packing house to a dynamic force in real estate from new orleans to mobile mr fitzpatrick opened an office in biloxi in the winter of 1924 he maintained his main real estate office on royal street in nola another talent of mr fitzpatrick was the public auctioning of land and homes  the daily herald december 5 1924 p 6   catherine newman kate shelly 18591930 mrs fitzgerald s mother resided at ocean springs at no 30 west porter with mary newman murphy 18701942 her sister mrs murphy was the spouse of james j murphy 18671944   the jackson county times june 22 1929 p 3  phillip w levine 18891940 came to the united states from east prussia now a part of russia arriving at nyc in june 1900 from hamburg germany he married jeanette alexander 18921940 at nola in august 1912 they came to biloxi before 1917 and reared their five children here before his involvement in the hotel biloxi mr levine owned retail shoe stores at biloxi and gulfport   the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1  in july 1926 fitzpatrick and levine dealt their assignment of the hotel biloxi to harold r bechtel and george m bechtel of davenport iowa the consideration was 126500 and all of the obligations that were attached to the original agreement between patterson and the edwardsrussell grant of april 1925 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 375  bechtel and bechtel and new biloxi hotel george martin bechtel 18681952 and harold reimers bechtel 18941987 were domiciled at davenport scott county iowa they were father and son and respectively president and vicepresident of the george m bechtel company whose salient business was brokering bonds from their davenport iowa office in september 1926 the chancery court of harrison county mississippi was confirmed to wb patterson by adverse possession in december 1927 the bechtels paid wb patterson 18350 and together the three gentlemen sold the resort to the hotel biloxi company inc harrison co mississippi land deed bk 173 p 84  george d stannus under the bechtel leadership new capital was invested in the old folkes resort property and the new biloxi hotel a fireproof southern colonial style edifice was built in 1927 the federal engineering company of davenport iowa was given charge of the building project and george d stannus 18801930 manager of the old hotel biloxi who had taken this position in 1923 continued as local hotel manager mr stannus was a native of uniontown kentucky he had married bernice dickie 18811930 of citronelle alabama in 1908 and they had one son george r stannus 19091998 who would later become his father s assistant in managing the new hotel biloxi  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 2 and   the daily herald golden jubilee issue  1934 p 16  constructionmay 1927 in early may 1927 before construction of the 600000 new biloxi hotel commenced the collins brothers contracting company of biloxi demolished the wood frame building and pavilion in front of the structure the east wing of the hotel biloxi was moved to the rear and served as living quarters for the stannus family and other hotel personnel until the new biloxi hotel was completed about december 1 st this wooden building would later serve as the servants quarters for the new hotel   the daily herald may 2 1927 p 2 may 5 1927 p 2 and december 1 1927 p 1    collins brothers and other contractors on may 11 1927 the collins brothers were awarded the 285000 contract for building the fourstory 118room new biloxi hotel it was designed by ira h coyne 18921976 of the federal engineering company of davenport iowa william j collins 18861962 and george j collins 18911968 had built their first biloxi building in 1912 since that time they had erected commercial structures for catholic church at gulfport back bay school gorenflo edwardsbutler motor company daily herald building caldwell building yerger building cw wachenfeld apartments august wachenfeld apartments bay view hotel and remodeled the peoples bank the collins brothers had learned the building trades from john collins 18541929 their father joseph o collins b 1922 son of william j collins continued in the contracting business at biloxi until the present day  the daily herald may 11 1927 p 1  the biloxi plumbing and heating company headed by henry l schwan 18891956 and grover w graham 18931964 received the 46300 contract for plumbing and heating the building while the electrical work to cost about 10000 was given to the jm johnson company of dallas texas  the daily herald may 11 1927 p 1  by december 1927 the new biloxi hotel was in the finishing phase of its construction the furniture fixtures carpets and ancillary equipment had arrived  comments on the biloxi hotel by julius m jay lopez ii 19081990 this is interesting the story on the biloxi hotel the old biloxi hotel you wouldn t know about but this is a picture of it here this was built in either 1903 or 1904 somewhere in there it was after laz lopez s death september 25 1903 it was built as a sanatorium  interviewer  was that the same biloxi hotel whose skeleton is still standing    no it s the same site this was built a year or so after laz lopez s death it was built by hyman folkes 1819 hyman folkes was lopez s soninlaw he married teresa lopez 1819 he was an md he built this as the biloxi sanatorium as a memorial to laz lopez the for some reason in about 1908 or 1909 it became a  depression and bankruptcy in may 1936 the hotel biloxi was insolvent and filed proceedings to reorganize the company under section 77b of the bankruptcy act this device had been enacted into law in 1934 as an amendment to roosevelt s bankruptcy act of 1933 and allowed the biloxi hotel to be discharged from its debts and liabilities particularly the first trust savings bank of davenport iowa harrison co mississippi land deed bk 209 p 164  1949 hotel biloxi sale and reincorporation in september 1949 harold r bechtel 18941987 president and frank johnson secretary domiciled at scott county iowa sold the hotel biloxi company inc to jane long of chicago the sales price was 290000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 314 p 268 the hotel biloxi was reincorporated in july 1949 by thomas f seay 19031994 vicepresident and jane long secretary of chicago illinois when its charter was amended in 1951 seba f mahony 18821966 had replaced jane long as secretary of the organization these individuals were all domiciled at chicago and were experienced in banking and real estate brokering and sales in the windy city the daily herald november 9 1949 p 9 and harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 116 p 495 and bk 132 p 495  1953 reorganization in 1953 the hotel biloxi became insolvent and the company was dissolved and its charter surrendered officers at this time were thomas f seay president thomas burns executive vice president and seba f mahony secretarytreasurer alfonse g mahony 18791953 the brother of seba f mahony and a single man of chicago became owner and assumed all debt and liens harrison co mississippi land deed bk 368 p 210 in may 1953 alfonse g mahony conveyed the hotel biloxi to ge weaver trustee and assistant secretary of banker s life and casualty banker s life and casualty sold the hotel to macarthur hotels inc in september 1956 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 415 p 363  the biloxi macarthur hotel in the spring of 1958 the biloxi hotel now owned by the macarthur hotels group headed by charles h little and wj canfield performed a 50000 refurbishment of the old southern colonial style hostel the lobby corridors and one hundredeighteen rooms were redecorated and finished in a relaxing combination of light blue and gray colors the rear of the hotel had a garden with fountain tennis and badminton courts playground for children and two large bbq pits the front lawn was graced with a swimming pool and across us highway 90 a 750foot pier gave guest access to fishing and swimming down south vol 8 no 3 p 8  new biloxi hotel great plains hotels incorporated a subsidiary of bankers life and casualty company of chicago has taken over the operation of the new biloxi hotel the hotel operated as a retirement home under the lavin plan for the past two years although it was not operated under that plan in the future the hostelry still welcomed retirees eunice cown who was hired as manager in september 1962 continued to run the hotel improvement were planned for the hotel the daily herald january 30 1963 p 10  references  the daily herald   to open resort hotel may 24 1909 the daily herald   to convert hotel into sanitarium september 7 1909 the daily herald   biloxi news of personal interest january 14 1910 the daily herald   will be known as hotel biloxi february 20 1919 the daily herald   hotel biloxi changes hands september 19 1919 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs october 31 1922 the daily herald   bids soon for new hotel april 12 1927 the daily herald   razing old biloxi hotel may 2 1927 the daily herald   biloxi hotel being moved may 5 1927 the daily herald   another handsome new hotel for biloxi may 7 1927 the daily herald   contract is let for new 650000 biloxi hotel may 11 1927 the daily herald   to complete hotel biloxi about dec 1 october 11 1927 the daily herald   new biloxi hotel to open for business december 15 december 1 1927 the daily herald   hotel biloxi advertisement april 3 1948 the daily herald   the charter of incorporation of hotel biloxi inc november 9 1949 the daily herald   new operation at hotel biloxi january 30 1963 the daily herald   mrs george stannus april 21 1966 the sun herald   biloxi sanatorium put coast on the map june 9 1995  broadwater beach hotel   1964 mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett   18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21 the  first legal liquor shipment in mississippi from state warehouses controlled by the alcohol beverage control division occurred on july 21st the broadwater beach hotel  at biloxi was the first venue to be approved to sell spiritous beverages in mississippi in 58 years the daily herald july 22 1966 p 1  the browns joe w brown  18971959 and  dorothy dorsett brown  18961989 and mausoleum room in nola at lake lawn park mausoleum image made january 2014 by ray l bellande  mrs joe w dorothy dorsett brown  whose horses won the louisiana derby and new orleans handicap six times each died saturday october 14 1989 of a heart attack at her home in new orleans she was 93 years of age and the widow of joe w brown 18971959 wealthy oil and sportsman mrs brown was born march 31 1896 at texas city galveston county texas mrs brown was a prominent horse owner for more than 40 years she took over the reins of the family stable when her husband died in 1959 the browns won the louisiana derby with rookwood in 1949 matagorda in 1953 and gigantic in 1954 she won it with dapper delegate in 1965 kentucky sherry in 1968 and el baba in 1982 green hornet kentucky sherry list and el baba carried the brown family colors white with black stars and a black b in the kentucky derby new orleans handicap winners from the brown stable were red camilia in 1950 tenacious in 195859 green hornet in 1964 cabildo in 1967 and listcapade in 1983 between her and her husband they were some of the biggest sports people to hit new orleans said fair grounds general manager mervin muniz tenacious was probably the most popular horse to race at the fair grounds that i can remember when you think of the browns they were the epitome of new orleans racing and louisiana racing tenacious is buried in the fair grounds infield mrs brown also was a philanthropist the joe w brown recreation center in eastern new orleans which was dedicated in 1976 benefited from a 250000 donation from the joe w brown and dorothy b brown foundation the foundation also donated 163 acres of property worth an estimated 1 million for joe w brown memorial park named for her husband mrs brown owned the broadwater beach hotel and broadwater beach marina on the mississippi gulf coast she was former owner of the horseshoe club in las vegas neveda the real estate that is now lake forest shopping center and the valentine oil field in lafourche parish louisiana funeral services will be held at 115 pm tuesday at lake lawn metairie funeral home 5100 pontchartrain blvd burial will be at lake lawn park mausoleum  joe worlick brown  18971959 was born october 5 1897 at young county texas which is about 70 miles nw of fort worth many thought that he was a native of houston as he became a very successful oilman with his penchant for discovering new oil deposits in 1940 mr brown then a resident of new orleans entered the oil business as an operator in the shallow caddo field caddo parish louisiana near shreveport louisiana by 1942 he was assembling an 8000acre lease block in st tammany parish louisiana with jt reese of shreveport they sold an interest in this lease block to pure oil company which began geophysical surveys to determine the oil and gas potential of the area before staking and drilling a wildcat well the timespicayune may 15 1942 p 7 joe w brown s crown jewel of his petroleum business was the valentine oil field in lafourche parish louisiana where he began exploring for hydrocarbon bearing sands in 1945 on his harang and dousson leases at the time of his demise brown s oil and gas reserves were valued at 75 million joe w brown may have grown up in marshall texas with carrie s brown his widowed mother and eugene brown a brother by 1920 he was married to dorothy dorsett 18961989 and a resident of dallas texas here mr brown was a salesman for a light plant 1910 harrison co texas federal census t6241562 p 5b ed 49 and 1920 dallas co texas federal census t6251792 p 3b ed 34 in 1930 joe w brown and dorothy dorsett brown were resident renters of 126 university place at new orleans at this time it appears that mr brown was involved in the amusement industry 1930 orleans parish lousiana federal census r802 p 9a ed 46 at las vegas nevada joe w brown owned the horseshoe club which he sold in july 1959 here he displayed one million dollars in 10000 bills insurance on the ostentatious display a noted tourist attraction cost 50000 each year las vegas benefited from brown s charitable nature soon after he had become an investor there in 1955 he acquired the defunct and failed las vegas race track for 1 million dollars brown gave it to the city of las vegas which developed it into a venue for community fairs livestock shows and other civic functions the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 in the crescent city which he and dorothy called home joe w brown also was heavily invested in real estate in 1954 he acquired a 5200acre tract for more than 3 million dollars this was believe to be the largest real estate acquisition in the city of new orleans corporate limits brown also owned the jai alai club a casino located in st bernard parish the federal governmnt closed this gambling den in 1952 the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 joe w brown and dorothy also maintained homes in other parts of the country as they also had extensive real estate holdings in nevada montana and texas they also owned the broadwater beach hotel near biloxi mississippi the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 in addition to real estate the browns were breeders and racers of thoroughbred horses the texas sportsman had a horse breeding ranch at lexington kentucky and in new orleans he bred santa gertrudis cattle which were developed at the king ranch in kleberg county texas one of brown s horses tenacious set a record winning the 12275 lecomte handicap at the new orleans fair grounds just before his death his other racing ponies included bobby brocato matagorda gigantic and brownie the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 dorothy dorsett brown lived until february 15 1989 she also died at new orleans both their corporal remains were interred in the lakelawn park cemetery at new orleans in january 1959 before his death joe w brown and dorothy dorsett brown created the brown foundation at new orleans it was originally located at 1801 pere marquette building in new orleans the timespicayune january 4 1959 sec v p 16  references  the daily herald biloxi sportsman joe w brown is taken by death february 16 1959 p 2 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune oil test slated near covington may 5 1942 p 37 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989  broadwater beach hotel   references  the daily herald peter f martin dies at home on west beach today july 25 1951 p 1 the daily herald work started on swimming pool at broadwater june 21 1952 p 3 the daily herald bank enters into gaming ban picture february 19 1954 the daily herald luxury yacht at broadwater august 25 1964 p 21 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the daily herald   liquor permit is approved for  broadwater beach  hotel   july 22 1966 p 1 the sun herald filmaker considers broadwater purchase may 1 1987 the sun herald colorful memories of the broadwater september 30 2012 p c5 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989  buena vista   1923 in september contract for erection of the  buena vista hotel was awarded to the underwood construction company of nola  the modern 105room spanish colonial revival building was designed by carl matthes for the buena vista hotel company of  john w apperson  pres  milton j anderson  of memphis v pres and  robert hays holmes   18961949 sec treas the daily herald september 7 1923 p 1  1925   1940 in may  six guest houses with accomodations for 32 people were opened at the buena vista hotel  the daily herald may 13 1940 p 3  1966 buena vista hotel  west wing burns in 1966  1991   1991 on june 25th the  buena vista hotel was severely damaged by fire  and steve moore biloxi fire chief estimated that the fire resulted resulted in damages of hundreds of thousands of dollars  and a total loss  the sun herald june 26 1991 p a1  1993 the biloxi belle casino planned to build 800 parking spaces on the 55 acre site of the former buena vista hotel  the sun herald october 27 1993 p d5  references  down south buena vista opens new 1 million motel mayjune 1958 the daily herald new orleans firm gets biloxi hotel contract september 7 1923 the daily herald guest houses open at buena vista hotel may 13 1940 the daily herald js love jr new manager buena vista hotel september 3 1941 the daily herald improvements for buena vista deck september 4 1945 the daily herald buffet supper and dance honor oklahoma players january 1 1951 the daily herald 370300 permit for buena vista motel is issued november 9 1956 the daily herald hotel property sale scheduled february 2 1974 the sun herald last days of the buena vista october 27 1993  broadwater beach hotel     1964 mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett   18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21  the browns joe w brown  18971959 and dorothy dorsett brown  18961989  references  the daily herald peter f martin dies at home on west beach today july 25 1951 p 1 the daily herald work started on swimming pool at broadwater june 21 1952 p 3 the daily herald bank enters into gaming ban picture february 19 1954 the daily herald luxury yacht at broadwater august 25 1964 p 21 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the sun herald filmaker considers broadwater purchase may 1 1987 the sun herald colorful memories of the broadwater september 30 2012 p c5 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989    edgewater gulf hotel   references  the daily herald   edgewater to open for winter dec 12 renovating hotel  october 31 1936 p 6 the daily herald   edgewater markham hotels 1 million mississippi coast industry  january 27 1949 the biloxid iberville press   time traveler the edgewater gulf hotel   may 31 2013 p4 and june 6 2013 p 4  white house hotel  white house hotel  south elevationsapril 2014  john t white john t white b 1901 was the son of circuit judge walter a white and cora white john began as the clerk when at the white house hotel in 1918 and became its manager in 1931 in november 1939 mr white was offered a position with the hotel dixie sherman at panama city florida which was built in 1929 this hotel was one of eight in the chain and had 101 rooms on st amdrews bay walter white his brother district manager for the mutual life insurance compnay of new york became managing director in charge of the white house hotel operations after john t white went to florida the daily herald november 23 1939 p 8  references  the biloxi d iberville press   time  traveler the white house   june 13 2013 p4 and june 20 2013 p 4 the daily herald     john t  white to manage florida hotel   november 23 1939the daily herald hotel property sale scheduled february 2 1974 the sun herald   white house hotel gets a buyer   april 24 2013 p a1  19401980 jack tar trade winds hotel and motel  formerly tivoli hotel  863 east beach boulevard   saratoga court florencecharles motel us highway 90   saratoga court the saratoga court considered a mom and pop motel was situated on us highway 90 also called beach boulevard just east of debuys road circa 1946 harold maynard olney 18931975 a native of clinton iowa and florence b macmahon olney 18921976 his spouse and son relocated from clinton iowa to the mississippi gulf coast they operated the saratoga court which was named for the uss saratoga  the second aircraft in the us navy commissioned in november 1927 charles r olney 19202005 the olney s son was wounded while serving on the saratoga during wwii probably near iwo jima in february 1945 when the ship was hit by japanese kamikaze attack planes  http world connectrootswebancestrycom cgibin igmcgi op get db olney id 179645 in the early 1950s the former saratoga inn was called the florencecharles motel mrs olney harold m olney died at memorial hospital in gulfport mississippi on july 20 1975 his corporal remains were sent to clinton iowa for burial in the rose hill cemetery  references  the daily herald   harold maynard olney  july 21 1975  sunnsand motel  in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander e bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania   to re dumas milner of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson  and beaumont texas the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1 4574 views  