Pleasant Reed House, 928 Elmer Street, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS

See also HABS MS-273 for additional documentation.
Significance: Significant as a vernacular form and as a symbol of the contribution made by the local Black community to the history of Biloxi. Biloxi was favored by newly freed Blacks both because of job availability and because the old seaport already supported a heterogeneous population including "free men of color" and provided a Latin tolerance for cultural variations.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34
Survey number: HABS MS-186
Building/structure dates: ca. 1887 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2005 Demolished
Building/structure dates: 2006 Subsequent Work