Old Town Bay St. Louis Historic Biking & Walking Tour

Eric kept our bike ride to the Bay of St. Louis Bridge on the short side because I get whiny when I am overtaxed or meet up with challenging bike riding experiences.

Historic Old Town Bay St Louis here we come...

I wonder if this building
is an old theater.

It has very few windows
street side.

This is the original branch

of the Hancock Bank.

It was build in 1899.

French explorer Jean-Baptiste
Le Moyne de Bienville sailed
into the Bay of St. Louis
in 1699.

The Masonic Temple Building

was built in 1925.

Masons meet here on every
second Tuesday.

As a child of the suburbs,

I didn't grow up negotiating

power polls & street lamps

as I rode my bike on the
sidewalks near my home.

I hopped my first curb in Augusta, Georgia in March 2015 and was traumatized by the experience.  

Eric is trying to "bring me along" on today's bike ride.  He expects that I will improve my biking skills in busier areas.

Main Street Methodist Church

was built in 1895.

The Hancock County Courthouse
was built in 1911 for $$25,00.00.

Built in 1840, Red Hot is the

oldest continuously used

retail space in Bay St. Louis.

Built in 1929, 220 Main Street 

sports Art Deco details.

This former grocery store is

now an artists cooperative.

Closed for some rehab work, 220 Main is reopening on March 2nd.

Eric & the Old Town

Bay St Louis sign.

This Coca Cola Ad is

not at all ghostly.

This is the site of the original

courthouse.

Two houses, a Creole Cottage

& a small shotgun style house.

The Mauffray family owned the homes and joined them in 1900.  The building is now Sycamore House Restaurant.

Louis Piernas lived here.

In 1889, he became the first

African American Post

Master in Alabama.

Mr. Piernas was the Chairman of Hancock County Republican Party for 65 years.  He traveled to Chicago in 1880 as a delegate to the Republican  National Convention.

Graves in the Cedar Rest 
Cemetery date back
to the 1820s.

The Clock Shop was first

used to house railroad

workers.

Bay St. Louis' Visitors Center
& The Alice Moseley Museum
are housed in this 1928 Art
Deco Railroad Depot.

Self taught Folk Art painter

Alice Moseley lived here

for may years.

This Property Is Condemned 
was filmed at this 1916
Queen Anne building.

The railroad brought a lot of activity to this area of Bay St. Louis.

Depot Row was built in the late 1880s to provide services to

newly arrived railroad passengers.

Built in the mid 1800s, this

Colonial Revival home has

been converted into a Bed

& Breakfast.

St. Stanislaus College was

founded by the Brothers of

the Sacred Heat in 1854.

The Brothers of the Sacred

Heart Cemetery is dedicated

to the brothers who served 

at St. Stanislaus College.

Bay St. Louis's old City Hall 
was built in 1905.

The restored building is now
Cypress Cafe.

Century Hall hosted weekend

visitors who arrived in Bay

St. Louis by train for 40 years.

This Queen Anne style home
was built around 1890.

Mockingbird Cafe serves diners

in this historic Biloxi Cottage,

built in 1868.

Our last stop is the Hancock
County Historical Society.






The Historical Society occupies this charming 1896 cottage.

Old Town Bay St. Louis is a pleasant area to walk or bike.  If you're in the area, give yourselves a couple of hours to stroll the streets and soak in the City's history.