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Beauvoir

Biloxi, Mississippi
County of Harrison.
200 W. Beach Boulevard
National Register Number: 71000448
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: MS-5 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Museum & Memorial; www.beauvoir.org.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 7, 1973):
From 1877 until his death, this was the residence of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederacy. Davis spent the last twelve years of his life at Beauvoir writing THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, which was in part a summation of his life. Beauvoir is an example of the "raised cottage", which takes advantage of the Gulf winds to provide the house with natural ventilation.

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