Tullis-Toledano Manor

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name =Tullis-Toledano Manor
nrhp_type = nrhp
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 1.87
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 89
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 19.6
long_direction = W
location= 947 E. Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi
locmapin = Mississippi
area =
built =1856
destroyed =2005
architect= Christoval Toledano
architecture= Shingle Style, Greek Revival
added = November 05, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
refnum=76001095

Tullis-Toledano Manor, also known as, the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House, was a red clay brick mansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. It was considered an example of Greek Revival architecture. The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

History

Christoval Toledano, a New Orleanian of Spanish descent built the house in 1856 for his second wife, Matilde Pradat. It was purchased in 1939 as a summer home by Garner H. Tullis of New Orleans who was President of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The home sustained damage from Hurricane Camille in 1969 but was subsequently restored. It was sold in 1975 by the Tullis family to the city of Biloxi and became a popular museum and local attraction. It was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The Grand Casino barge that was moored in the Gulf near the home was washed ashore by the hurricane, lifted up, and crashed down on top of the Tullis Manor. Nothing was left of the home except rubble.

References

*cite news |author=Eric Lipton |title=Civil War Survivors That Gave Up Their Ghosts |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/design/29lipt.html |work=The New York Times |date=January 29 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-29

External links

* [http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis_House Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House] at archiplanet.org, usually merely a derivative of the National Register Information System (NRIS) database
*Nrhp source1|MS|Harrison|state
* [http://www.tullistrees.org/Vol4No4/TullisManor.htm Tullis-Toledano Manor of Biloxi, Mississippi] (includes photos)