Live Local: Take a Stroll with Us and Visit Two Iconic Biloxi Icons
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- lace up your shoes and take a - stroll with news 25's lorraine- weiskopf in today's edition of- "live local," a series you can- catch here on news 25 at noon o- thursdays.- today, we take you to stops - number five and six of the- biloxi- walking tour with someone who - knows the area well...a - biloxi library historian.
- - - - - lorraine weiskopf "all the- stops on the walking tour are - extremely close to each other.- to my right is stop - number five, and if you keep- going down water street, you'll- come across stop- number 6."- <nats>- stop number five is a well-know- icon and has a deep-rooted- history here in south - mississippi, and is one of the- earliest- documented buildings in biloxi- with the design having- new orleans influence.- today the building serves as a- dining area for the mary- mahoney's restaurant.
- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library: "before that, it had - other - names-brunet- fourchy house.- it's also called the old french- house.
So - every place we visited is - usually named after the person- that lived there or built it."- apart from the house's- - - - traditional creole cottage, one- of the most-eye catching- features on this- stop is the oak tree that sits- right next to it.
- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library: "this oak tree is- actually in the - courtyard of mary mahoney's.- during the day you can walk - inside the courtyard- and see these magnificent - plants, and the amazing oak tre- that is claimed to- be about 2,000 years old."- - - - directly across from stop five- you can see the oldest tangible- reminder of the early days of - the resort industry in biloxi,- the - magnolia house.
- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library: "first built in 1840,- there was a - guy in new orleans whose son wa- sick, so he and they told him t- go to the coast - for the weather and the fresh - air, and they liked it here.
So- - - - they stayed and built this- structure and it turned into a- hotel later on."- the magnolia hotel was once hom- to the mardi gras - museum, but now is being- repurposed into a restaurant.
- - - - this isn't the first time the - building has undergone- major renovations.- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library: "it was moved.
This- isn't the - original location.
It was moved- about a hundred yards after - hurricane camile- because it had so much damage."- another notable feature about - stop 6 - the galleries- wrapping around the entire- bundling.
- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library: "we know these - structures as - porches, so there are wooden- porches encircling the first an- second floor where- you can hang out and put- rockers, and catch the breezes- - - - from the gulf."
Live local is - made possible through the - support of the- biloxi library system.- tune in next thursday as news 2- continues - highlighting stops along the- walking tour.
- in biloxi,lorraine weiskopf,- news 25.-