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COMMUNITY
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Pilgrimage
Pass Christian features renovated cottages; Bay St. Louis-Waveland scheduled Thursday
PCGC HOSTESSES—Welcoming Pilgrimage visitors to ‘Old Town’ Pass Christian were from left, Mrs. Kay Chapman; Mrs. W. W. Dreher, president, Gulf Coast Council of Garden Clubs; Mrs. John Drevar, Mrs. Peter
Schmid and Mrs. Robert Campbell. Hostesses at the Hancock Bank Annex not pictured were Miss Adele Bielenberg and Mrs. William Leapley. (Photo by Janet McQueen)
BACKGROUND MUSIC—Organist Tom Bourdin of Pass Christian was on hand Thursday to welcome Pilgrimage visitors to St. Paul Catholic Church. (Photo by Janet McQueen)
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Bay-Waveland Garden Center
114 Leonhard Ave., Bay St.Louis. 10 a.m. to noon. A warm welcome and coffee are extended at the Garden Center where Pilgrimage brochures and maps are available.
Added interest—a mini-flower show and tour presented by the members of Bay-W aveland Garden Club.
Hancock County Courthouse
150 Main Street, Bay St. Louis. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The county, formed in 1812, built its first courthouse in 1817 at a town named Caesar, later moved to Gainesville where the courthouse burned in 1853 and then moved to Shieldsbor-ough, now known as Bay St. Louis.
The present Neo-Classical Revival two-story brick building was built in 1911 to replace a wooden Victorian building erected about 1866.
Kate Lobrano House
108 Cue Street, Bay St. Louis. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Now the home of the Hancock County Historical Society, this charming turn-of-the-century cottage faces Hancock County Courthouse.
The home of Katherine Maynard Lobrano, given by her heirs in 1988 to be the permanent home of the historical society, is a two-bay cottage with an undercut front and side gallery of vertical barge board construction with lap siding, it features French doors at the entrance and along the side gallery.
The interior 12” rough-hewn wall boards have been exposed and returned to their original state. Still undergoing restoration, the house also serves as a small museum.
City Hall
South Second Street and City Park Avenue, Bay St. Louis. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. On land given to the city by trustees of St. Joseph Academy, the Georgian Revival brick structure was built circa 1905 by Gaston G. Gardebled, who later became mayor. A public park at the rear was added in 1916.
Home of Dr. Larry Heller and Lawrence Timmerman
314 Main Street, Bay St. Louis. Open noon to 4 p.m. Named “Halcycon House” (meaning a little
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