Debuys-Hermann-Keller House - Biloxi, MS
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N 30° 23.610 W 088° 52.876
16R E 319260 N 3363891
Marker describes a former Biloxi landmark house, built on Beach Boulevard, later destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Waymark Code: WMJ11Y
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2013
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Inscription.
The Greek Revival mansion once located here was a "raised cottage" (meaning it was composed of a frame upper story set upon an above-ground brick basement to protect the wooden portion from moisture and insects.) Probably built ca. 1850 for Peter Debuys, a French planter. It was acquired in 1851 by New Orleans cotton broker L.F. Hermann and in 1871 by John Henry Keller. A New Orleans manufacturer and philanthropist. Keller organized the Seashore Assembly in Biloxi. The house was lost in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Date Installed:: 2012
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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