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and is filled with lovely azaleas. Its locations on the windswept banks of Krebs Lake and its proximity to the Old Spanish Fort with it’s memorabilia filled museum make this historic spot an important stop for pilgrimage visitors. Members of the Pilgrimage Garden Club will serve as hostesses. Refreshments will be served.
BAY ST. LOUIS ■ WAVELAND
Pilgrimage Chairman: Mrs. Leo W. Seal, Jr.
Thursday, March 22, 1994 MORNING TOUR -10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
1.	BAY-WAVELAND GARDEN CENTER, 114 Leonhard Avenue., 10.00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. This much loved home of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club is on the National Historic Register. The Bay-Waveland Garden was founded in 1938. A warm welcome is extended with coffee at the Garden Center. Pilgrimage brochures and maps are available.
2.	ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL, comer of Dunbar Ave. & Blakemore, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The land was purchased and the Chapel was built May, 1896, through the efforts of Rev. Father LeDuc and Father Alphonse for the people around Dunbar Cannery. St. Joseph’s Chapel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
3.	BAY TOWN INN, BED & BREAKFAST, 208 North Beach Blvd., 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a tum-of-the-century, galleried planter’s home. The house was built in 1899 by Ludovic Adrien de Montluzin who emigrated with his wife and children from France to New Orleans in 1855. The house is situated on one of the highest points of land along the Coast and has a commanding view of the Bay of St. Louis. The floor plan, changed very little from the original design, is a two-story frame construction on brick piers. The 13-room, 4200 square feet of living area now welcomes guests to seven bedrooms with baths, living and dining rooms, kitchen and sitting area. The large veranda, 14’ ceilings, bead-board interior and large center halls are reminders of a different way of life. The de Montluzin house was renovated in 1992 by its current owner, Judy Lipscomb, with substantial repairs, redecorating and the addition of five bathrooms and the center-hall staircase. Victorian in age, but practical in style, guests may now enjoy the comfort of today in a home that is a step back in time.
4.	KATE LOBRANO HOUSE, 108 Cue Street, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Now the home of the Hancock County Historical Society, this charming turn of the century cottage is in the process of renovation. The home of Kate 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 gallery. The interior 12 inch rough-hewn wall boards have been exposed and returned to their original state. The house also serves as a small museum. Docents will be available during the tour to answer your questions.
5.	CEDAR REST CEMETERY - South Second Street, 10:00
a.m.-4:00 p.m. John B. Toulme, Esq., on April 9, 1860, reserved the burying ground fronting on Second Street 137 feet by 400 feet of the north third of the cemetery. A second piece of property was obtained Sept. 3, 1888 in the middle of the cemetery as trade for property at the comer of Beach Boulevard and St. Charles Street which was the “Old Burying Ground”. The exchange of property was between St. Lukes Episcopal Church and the city. Then, a third piece of land near Esterbrook Street was given to Bay St. Louis by Joan N. Seal.
AFTERNOON TOUR -1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m .
6.	Home of Mr. and Mrs. ftriljuil Hyman, 201 Bienville Drive, Waveland, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. This Victorian seaside style raised cottage was completed in 1993. It sits on property that in the earlier part of this century was a catfish farm. The cottage has all the charm and character of an old house, with its distinctive cupola, octagonal gazebo, decorative gables, large screened back porch and broad front porch - yet has all the comforts of a new house. Nine foot ceilings in the living room, dining room and master bedroom, vaulted ceilings in the den and breakfast room combined with skylights, Palladeon windows and bay windows, give the house the feeling of a much larger home. The interior, decorated by Mrs. Hyman with family pieces and antiques, is warm and inviting. The side “Secret Garden”, one of many landscaping projects planned, with its picket fence, brick walkway and arched trellised bench planted with “Lady Banks” roses, is the perfect hideaway for the owners and their pets.
7.	Waveland City Hall, 301 Coleman Avenue, Waveland, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Waveland City Hall was originally built as a school between 1906 and 1908 by Ferdinand Raymond. The school had a bell on top of a cupola when it was first erected. After hurricane “Camille” in 1969, both the bell and the cupola were lost. In 1930, a brick school (the present Civic Center) was erected and the city government took over the building. In 1991, during the administration of Mayor Stella H. Frilot, the upstairs of City Hall was renovated. The grandeur of the original fourteen-foot ceilings was incorporated into the renovation; and in an article which appeared in Memphis’ “THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL”, Rheta Grimsley Johnson says that it is “...a grand two-story city hall that may well be the state’s prettiest”. Refreshments will be served during the afternoon tour.
Oj. The Gardens of Mr. Jack Sawyer, 904 Woods St., Waveland
' 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Live oaks, pines, azaleas, crown ginger and sasanqua are abundantly intermingled with perennials in Mr. Sawyer’s three acre garden. Great care has been given to details, such as the gazebo located on a small island in the midst of a Koi Pond. The entrance to the walkway, leading to the main house, is an inviting pergola covered with Carolina jasmine. Statuary and planters are discovered as you stroll through this "Secret Garden”.
DIAMONDHEAD
Pilgrimage Chairman: Ms. Annette Saucier Wednesday, March 23, 1994 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Hostesses: Diamondhead Garden Club
1.	THE DIAMONDHEAD COMMUNITY CENTER - Welcome to our community. Before picking up your maps and starting your tour of our homes and gardens, view the lovely flowers and arrangements of Diamondhead Garden Clubs members for their annual Standard Flower Show. This years theme is "Broadway Bound.”
2.	HOME OF N.J. AND SANTINA LOICONO-, 72693 Diamondhead Drive, North. This beautiful Acadian Cottage was designed, built, and decorated by the Loiconos this past year. You will be welcomed through a lovely Beveled Glass front door into a foyer where an exquisite Waterford chandelier, purchased in England, throws a warmth of colors. In the dinning room hangs another beautiful chandelier purchased in Venice, Italy. A grand piano in the music room and many other beautiful and unique antique pieces collected from all over the world makes this home a delight for you to visit.


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