Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

The Bertuccini House & Barbershop

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2025

1. The Bertuccini House & Barbershop Marker

Inscription.

The Bertuccini House and Barbershop. . , Records indicate that construction of the Bertuccini House and Barbershop dates back to between 1906 to 1909. The property at 619 and 619A Washington Avenue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and is recognized as a local Ocean Springs Historic Landmark. The Barbershop abuts the front property line and is close to the avenue, while the Bertuccini House is recessed. There is shade from a large, heritage Live Oak. The Bertuccini House and Barbershop property holds significance in Ocean Springs' history for several reasons. Architecturally, the structures are both excellent examples of small scale buildings in the Queen Anne style. In the history of business in Ocean Springs, this unit of residential and commercial buildings is indicative of a design common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The much larger O'Keefe House and Stables on Porter Avenue, along with the Bertuccini buildings, are Ocean Springs' only surviving examples today of this turn-of-the-century design with house and business in close proximity. , Information in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's Historic Sites Survey describes the Bertuccini House as "a one-story, T-shaped wood frame house which rests on brick piers and is covered with a cross gable roof. The facade consists of a one-bay projection with a three-bay wide, two-bay deep U-shaped wraparound porch. The decoration is limited to turned posts with sawn brackets which support the porch roof, and a turned-spoked gable ornament and imbricated shingles on the face of the gable." MDAH describes the Bertuccini Barbershop as a similar one-story wood frame building on a brick pier foundation, where a "one bay undercut porch with turned posts and sawn brackets protects the five bay facade," and where the "dadoes below the windows are sheathed with beaded toungue-and-grooved vertical boards in the center bay and diagonal boards in the outer bays. Transoms are placed over all five openings. A small chimney and scalloped tin ventilator crown its roof." , Explore and discover more Mississippi stories and history by scanning the QR code below to access the extensive website of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History , This informational sign is part of a community project led by the Historic Ocean Springs Association, and is made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area. , We thank the City of Ocean Springs for their support of this project.

Records indicate that construction of the Bertuccini House & Barbershop dates back to between 1906 to 1909. The property at 619 and 619A Washington Avenue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and is recognized as a local Ocean Springs Historic Landmark. The Barbershop abuts the front property line and is close to the avenue, while the Bertuccini House is recessed. There is shade from a large, heritage Live Oak. The Bertuccini House & Barbershop property holds significance in Ocean Springs' history for several reasons. Architecturally, the structures are both excellent examples of small scale buildings in the Queen Anne style. In the history of business in Ocean Springs, this unit of residential and commercial buildings is indicative of a design common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The much larger O'Keefe House & Stables on Porter Avenue, along with the Bertuccini buildings, are Ocean Springs' only surviving examples today of this turn-of-the-century design with house and business in close proximity.

Information in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's Historic Sites Survey describes the Bertuccini House as "a one-story, T-shaped wood frame house which rests on brick piers and is covered with a cross gable roof. The facade consists of a one-bay projection

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with a three-bay wide, two-bay deep U-shaped wraparound porch. The decoration is limited to turned posts with sawn brackets which support the porch roof, and a turned-spoked gable ornament and imbricated shingles on the face of the gable." MDAH describes the Bertuccini Barbershop as a similar one-story wood frame building on a brick pier foundation, where a "one bay undercut porch with turned posts and sawn brackets protects the five bay facade," and where the "dadoes below the windows are sheathed with beaded toungue-and-grooved vertical boards in the center bay and diagonal boards in the outer bays. Transoms are placed over all five openings. A small chimney and scalloped tin ventilator crown its roof."

Explore and discover more Mississippi stories and history by scanning the QR code below to access the extensive website of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

This informational sign is part of a community project led by the Historic Ocean Springs Association, and is made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area.

We thank the City of Ocean Springs for their support of this project.

Erected 2022 by Historic Ocean Springs Association, Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Project, Mississippi Department of Marine

The Bertuccini House & Barbershop Marker behind tree. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 13, 2025

2. The Bertuccini House & Barbershop Marker behind tree.

Resources. (Marker Number 16.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 30° 24.732′ N, 88° 49.676′ W. Marker is in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in Jackson County. It is on Washington Avenue south of Bowen Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 619 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs MS 39564, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ocean Springs (within shouting distance of this marker); The Bowen Avenue Historic District (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Washington Avenue (about 300 feet away); The Old Ocean Springs Historic District (about 400 feet away); Lovelace Drug Store (about 500 feet away); Ocean Springs State Bank and Post Office (about 600 feet away); The Robert A. Friar House (about 600 feet away); Southern Live Oak (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocean Springs.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 68 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 13, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.