Crescent & San Souci

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>City of Pass Christian</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City of Pass Christian"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City of Pass Christian">City of Pass Christian</A>   |   <A HREF="early_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Early History">Early History</A>   |   <A HREF="1850s_pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1850s">1850s</A>   |   <A HREF="1900_____pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1900s">1900s</A>   |   <A HREF="1915_visionary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1915 Visionary">1915 Visionary</A>   |   <A HREF="naming_pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Naming the Pass">Naming the Pass</A>   |   <A HREF="charlot_tract.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charlot Tract">Charlot Tract</A>   |   <A HREF="great_fight.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Fight">Great Fight</A>   |   <A HREF="preservation_district.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preservation District">Preservation District</A>   |   <A HREF="album_one.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos Yesteryear">Photos Yesteryear</A>   |   <B>Crescent & San Souci</B>   |   <A HREF="inn_at_the_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inn At The Pass">Inn At The Pass</A>   |   <A HREF="tarpon_beacon_newspaper.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TarponBeacon">Tarpon-Beacon</A>   |   <A HREF="flicks_in_the_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flicks in the Pass">Flicks in the Pass</A>   |   <A HREF="song_bird_legend.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Song Bird Legend">Song Bird Legend</A>   |   <A HREF="reflections_of_pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reflections">Reflections</A>   |   <A HREF="gazebo_in_the_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gazebo">The Gazebo</A>   |   <A HREF="the_flag.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Flag">The Flag</A>   |   <A HREF="ss_pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SS Pass Christian">SS Pass Christian</A>   |   <A HREF="sperier_bar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sperier Bar">Sperier Bar</A>   |   <A HREF="japanese_gardens.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Japanese Gardens">Japanese Gardens</A>   |   <A HREF="fish_peddler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fish Peddler">Fish Peddler</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="001d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> The Sans Souci</div> <div>      The older house, at right in the photograph on the companion page, was built as a hotel by W.H. Keeland, in 1850.  After his death, in 1853, his wife sold the property to Mrs.  Aurelia Smith Woodward, who operated it as the <I><B>Sans Souci Hotel</B></I>.</div> <div>      The <I><B>New Orleans Delta Daily</B></I> of August 5, 1857, stated that Woodward operated the <I><B>San Souci </B></I>in a “free and easy” manner, making the <I><B>San Souci</B></I> what every hotel should be; the <I><B>Stranger's Home and the Traveler's Rest</B></I>.</div> <div>      Compared to the Pass Christian Hotel, the San Souci was also considered top notch.</div> <div> Sept 5, 1850 Newspaper</div> <div> Pass Christian</div> <div> Mansion House</div> <div> owned or operated by James Roach located in block of 100 East Beach Road </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Crescent & San Souci</I></div> <div> <B>The Crescent Hotel</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0f796fe0.png" border=0 width="406" height="254" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="9" VSPACE="9"></div> <div>      In1895, Charles Dyer described the famous <I>Crescent Hotel</I> of Pass Christian as being celebrated all over the country.  “It was formerly called, the<I> Live Oak House</I> which was its name in prior years.  This hotel is owned and managed by Mr. William Hart, a young gentleman who took charge after coming to Pass Christian in 1888.  Mr. Hart embarked in the hotel business and bringing youth, energy, enterprise </div> <div> and great managerial ability in the venture, he has been successful from the start.  Mr. Hart showed the members of our party over the premises, which is built on the style of the southern home of anti-bellum times.”</div> <bR> <div>      “In the rear is a large farm, acres and acres of sweet-scented forest in which those inclined to quiet and solitude, may revel to their hearts content, while those of a more jolly and social disposition, may enjoy the games on the lawns in front of the house, or participate in the dancing, or singing, which are indulged in almost nightly at this pretty place.” </div> <div>      “Perhaps no higher compliment could be paid the table of the Crescent than to state that everything used in the shape of poultry, eggs, butter, milk,vegetables, fruit, etc., is raised on the farm in the rear of the estate which is run in connection with the hotel.  At this house the prices are <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >moderate and special attention and </FONT>prices are given to families or parties who intend to stay the entire season.”</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f65cd60.png" border=0 width="348" height="214" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="9" VSPACE="9"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Harbour Inn Bed and Breakfast</B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Former Crescent Hotel</B></I></div> <bR> <div>      The former <I>Crescent Hotel</I>, which was built following the Civil War, was named the <I>“Harbour Inn Bed & Breakfast.” </I>  This was the only extant 19th century structure built as a hotel in Pass Christian, and only one of two along the Gulf Coast.  As constructed by Patrick Curtis, it was originally called the <I>Live Oak House.</I>   Other prior names for the Hotel were the <I>Lido</I> and the <I>Meadow House</I>. </div> <div>      The House was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="inn_at_the_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inn At The Pass"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>