So here we are living in a mid-atlantic state, in the middle of Hurricane Season 2007. There have been some pretty good T-Storms and some twisters have touched down relatively close 20-30 miles away, I say that’s close because when I’m in California twisters and hurricanes and tropical storms are usually 1,500-2,500 miles away, which in my book is close enough. We have been told that the Columbia area is not really in the path of any of the severe weather patterns, we are about 130 miles from the coast, so we should be all right. I was not able to find any information, and I did Google-it, about any past storms to hit this area, so I’m fairly confident.

Not sure why or how I got to looking for the pictures of the Jefferson Davis Home. Well I actually do know why and how I got side-tracked, I was looking for one of my friends writings so I could post it, when I came across the enlarged picture of the breakfast set that Varina Davis, Jefferson’s wife painted. I wanted to send it to my Auntie Em. I took that picture and others of the house on the way back from our Florida Christmas trip in 2004. Seeing the pictures got me wondering how the Beauvoir home and library fared during Katrina. After looking at all that devastation, it got me to thinking about the hurricane season and where we are and how long it lasts and…I’m getting side-tracked again
Here are some of the pictures we took of the Beauvoir Mansion and grounds, in December 2004.

And a picture of what the house looks like today.

When you enlarge this picture of the library you can just barely make out the statue of Davis in the middle of the windows on the ground floor.The next picture is Travis standing next to the statue.

That’s Travis at the top of the stairs.

Beauvoir Cemetery, located on the grounds.

The single grave is Samuel Emory Davis, Jefferson’s father

b. 1756 GA d. July 4, 1824 MS

He was a Veteran of the Revolutionary War

This Breakfast Set was painted by Varina Davis, the detail is something you really need to see in person. I sure hope it was not lost.

I don’t remember who’s bed this was, Jeff’s or Varina’s. I remember thinking how elaborate it was, now as I go to the antique malls and we happened upon an estate auction, I have been seeing these kinds of beds and some even more ornate.

This is the view of the Gulf from the front porch. The address is 1048 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, Mississippi. It’s right on the coast, Route 90, it is an extremely busy street. I bet with the ocean breeze and the rhythm of the waves it was a calming wonderful place to be, when the Davis’ lived there, and even up until the advent of the car.

Here is a link to web-site of the architects that are doing the renovations, if you want to see before and after pictures. The web-page is not very user friendly, on the upper left is where the menu bar is, after clicking on the link below, click on ‘Projects/Historic’, then click on ‘Beauvoir Mansion’.

http://www.albertassociates.com/

If you’re interested here is another link about the history and such and more pictures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvoir_(Biloxi,_Mississippi)

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