Pleasant Reed House, 386 Beach Boulevard (moved from 928 Elmer Street), Biloxi, Harrison County, MS

See also HABS MS-186 for additional documentation.
Significance: The Pleasant Reed House was the first home built in the state of Mississippi by a Freed-man. The Pleasant Reed House is significant as a vernacular architectural form and as a symbol of the contribution made by the local black community to the history of Biloxi, Mississippi. Built by Pleasant Reed and owned and occupied by members of the Reed family ever since, the Pleasant Reed House illuminates a dimension of Afro-American history heretofore largely addresses in Mississippi. It is the principal surviving evidence of the saga of a newly freed black family of thirteen members. His historical significance was etched into south Mississippi when he became the first African-American to build and own his own home in the state.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1054
Survey number: HABS MS-273
Building/structure dates: ca. 1887 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2005 Demolished
Building/structure dates: 2006 Subsequent Work