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(left) side of Main Street stood the homes of Frank Mitchell (engineer), Henry Hall (manager of the commissary), the Park View Hotel, Roy Baxter (only the steps remain), an auto repair shop, the jail and court house, Sid Otis (son of the mill V.P.), Horatio Weston (president of the mill - palm trees are still visible), the homes of Dr. Mead, Tom Casonova and another Casanova family, and the Logtown Cemetery. In front of the cemetery were the homes of Givens Parker and Noah Fountain, M.D. Immediately east of the cemetery on land now enclosed in the cemetery, stood the Logtown school house.
Next, along the street came the homes of George Summers, and George Davis. The Coney Weston home (photo in this book), was next. The D.R. Wingate - Henry Weston - Asa Weston home ajoined. It was a handsome, twelve room plantation type cottage, surrounded by giant oaks, sweet olive, wax myrtle, camellias and palmettos and was occupied by his descendant, Lamar Otis, in 1962, (photo in this book).
David Weston built "Sunshine Cottage" next door for his bride, Pauline, and carried her across the threshold on their wedding night. The house had 7 rooms, six fireplaces and 12 closets. It remained her home until she was over ninety years old. Then came the home of mill supervisor, Luthor Russ, the Baptist Church, (sketch in this book), the home of Dr. J.Q. Fountain, M.D., Dr. Calvin Fountain, druggist, Alva Honea, the Campbell family, Ralph Howze, Harold Weston, another Casanova family, John Howze, Rene Sacerdotte, George Roch, Joe Howze, Deans Store and Chris Favre.
The old Koch homestead lay some distance eastward past the crossroad, among very large camellia trees. It was built by Christian Koch, a native of Denmark whose fascinating diary is available at the library. The house was lived in by Nettie Koch until her death at 94 years of age in 1955.
If you return to the river and once more proceed eastward, along the south (right) side of Main street were the homes of Coburn Weston, Judge Freeman Jones, the Marquez Family, Arthur Marshall, the Jopes family (in whose home was the telephone exchange), the Holleman family, Lamar Otis, John W. Baxter and the Methodist Church across from the cemetery. Then came the Sidney Otis family (V. P. of the mill), the Methodist Parsonage, Alfonse Evans (son of Dr. Thomas Evans of Bay St. Louis), Jim Mitchell and the silent movie house. Next, the Masonic Hall and recreation hall stood across the street from the Baptist Church. Then came the homes of the Parker family, John Weston, Harry Baxter, Elliot Casanova,


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