BH0944 - Bay Saint Louis, Ms.
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N 30° 18.655 W 089° 19.685
16R E 276134 N 3355534
This benchmark is located on the east side of the Hancock County Courthouse - 152 Main Street in Bay Saint Louis, Ms.
Waymark Code: WMN8W9
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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From National Register Application:
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"Location Information
(for the Hancock County Courthouse)
Name: Hancock County Courthouse
Address: 152 Main Street
City/County: Bay St. Louis, Hancock County

Architectural Information
Construction Date: 1911
Architectural Styles(s): Neoclassical
No. of Stories: 2

Registration Information
NR District Name: Old Bay St. Louis
NR Status: Contributing
Element No.: 450
MPS: Historic Resources of Bay St. Louis

Roof: Hip
Details about Construction, Alterations, and Architect Builders

Original building
Year Role Documentation Name
1911 Architect Documented Keenan & Weiss

rear addition
Year Role Documentation Name
c.1920 Architect Documented Nolan & Torre"

From the datasheet from Geocaching.com
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"BH0944 ***********************************************************************
BH0944 DESIGNATION - 874 7438 TIDAL 2
BH0944 PID - BH0944
BH0944 STATE/COUNTY- MS/HANCOCK
BH0944 USGS QUAD - BAY ST LOUIS (1993)
BH0944
BH0944 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
BH0944 ___________________________________________________________________
BH0944* NAD 83(1986)- 30 18 38. (N) 089 19 40. (W) SCALED
BH0944* NAVD 88 - 6.845 (meters) 22.46 (feet) ADJUSTED
BH0944 ___________________________________________________________________
BH0944 GEOID HEIGHT- -27.48 (meters) GEOID99
BH0944 DYNAMIC HT - 6.836 (meters) 22.43 (feet) COMP
BH0944 MODELED GRAV- 979,324.1 (mgal) NAVD 88
BH0944
BH0944 VERT ORDER - FIRST CLASS I
BH0944
BH0944.The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have
BH0944.an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
BH0944
BH0944.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling
BH0944.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991.
BH0944
BH0944.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
BH0944
BH0944.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88
BH0944.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the
BH0944.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45
BH0944.degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
BH0944
BH0944.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.
BH0944
BH0944; North East Units Estimated Accuracy
BH0944;SPC MS E - 89,950. 252,440. MT (+/- 180 meters Scaled)
BH0944
BH0944 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
BH0944
BH0944 NGVD 29 - 6.800 (m) 22.31 (f) ADJUSTED 1 1
BH0944
BH0944.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
BH0944.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
BH0944.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
BH0944
BH0944_MARKER: DJ = TIDAL STATION DISK
BH0944_SETTING: 36 = BUILDING
BH0944_STAMPING: 2 1917
BH0944_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
BH0944
BH0944 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
BH0944 HISTORY - 1917 MONUMENTED CGS
BH0944 HISTORY - 1968 GOOD CGS
BH0944 HISTORY - 1976 GOOD NGS
BH0944 HISTORY - 19880827 GOOD USPSQD
BH0944
BH0944 STATION DESCRIPTION
BH0944
BH0944''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968
BH0944''IN BAY ST LOUIS.
BH0944''AT BAY ST. LOUIS, AT THE COURTHOUSE, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GEX AND
BH0944''MAIN STREET, SET ON THE TOP AND 4.4 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER
BH0944''OF THE BOTTOM GRANITE STEP TO NORTH ENTRANCE TO COURTHOUSE, 44.8 FEET
BH0944''SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CURB OF MAIN STREET, 69 FEET WEST OF THE WEST CURB
BH0944''OF GEX STREET, AND 2 INCHES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.
BH0944
BH0944 STATION RECOVERY (1976)
BH0944
BH0944''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976
BH0944''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
BH0944
BH0944 STATION RECOVERY (1988)
BH0944
BH0944''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (WE)
BH0944''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 2 / 167

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

Monumentation type (if other): US Coast & Geodetic Survey

County: Hancock County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Bay St Louis

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: PID=BH0944

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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