Near U.S. 90 at Beasley Road, on the right when traveling west.
This area was not always known as Gautier. The story of the city actually began in 1699. A French expedition, led by Pierre d'Iberville and accompanied by his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Bienville, made landfall in Mobile, Alabama and explored . . . — — Map (db m122547) HM
On Graveline Road at Old Spanish Trail, on the right when traveling north on Graveline Road.
The West Pascagoula Creosote Works, at this site, was the first continuously operated creosote treatment plant in the nation. Established in 1874 to protect railroad bridge timbers against rot and the toredo worm, the plant was open until 1978. . . . — — Map (db m16726) HM
On Graveline Road at De la Pointe Drive, on the right when traveling north on Graveline Road.
This sawmill operated on this site from 1867 till 1906, employing more than twenty local citizens and producing more than 30,000 board feet of lumber per day at its peak. The sawmill was well situated with easy access to the river, railroad, . . . — — Map (db m16754) HM
On Wind Drift Lane south of Graveline Road, on the right when traveling south.
National Register
of Historic Places
Funded with support from the National Parks Service
and the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History — — Map (db m243006) HM
On De La Pointe Drive, 0.1 miles south of U.S. 90, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1940, the Gautier School replaced the Lyon School, built in 1918 and located 3 miles west at Hilda. The Lyon School consolidated other schools in the area, including the "Little Red Schoolhouse," built in 1890 by Walter Gautier. The "Little . . . — — Map (db m20045) HM
Near U.S. 90 at Beasley Road, on the right when traveling west.
This monument is dedicated to the men
and women of the armed services of
the United States of America who
served and are still serving
In recognition of their personal sacrifices
their service to our county and their
dedication to . . . — — Map (db m122632) WM
Near Interstate 10 at milepost 63,, 4.5 miles west of Mississippi Highway 613.
In 1718 this area was settled by Jean-Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline, born 1671 in Montreal. Arrived with d'Iberville at Fort Maurepas aboard the Renommée Jan 8, 1700. Prominent colonist~adventurer~merchant. — — Map (db m81089) HM
On Barracuda Dr., 0.2 miles south of Graveline Rd, on the right when traveling south.
The nearby earthen mound was built by prehistoric Indians during the Late Woodland Period between 400 and 700 A. D. The mound's flat summit was used for ceremonial purposes. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of the few . . . — — Map (db m129007) HM
On Oak Street at U.S. 90, on the right when traveling north on Oak Street.
Originally a burial site for the Gautier family, this cemetery contains the graves of Fernando Gautier and Henry Gautier (builder of Twelve Oaks). Members of the Clifford, Fayard, Fuller, LeBatard, Pelham, Peterson, Quinn, Saucier, Vaughan, and . . . — — Map (db m43651) HM
On Italian Isle Road near Wind Drift Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Built ca. 1907 of long leaf
yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell
(1850-1932), daughter of Alfred
and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields
Plantation. The old Louisville and
Nashville Railroad depot was moved
to this site in 1968 as a guest
house. The . . . — — Map (db m197352) HM
On Italian Isle Road at Wind Drift Lane, on the right when traveling east on Italian Isle Road. Reported missing.
Built ca. 1899 by S.W. and Elizabeth Henderson Labrot. Labrot was superintendent of the L&N Railroad Creosote Plant. In 1902, the Labrots sold the house to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. The style of construction, using vertical . . . — — Map (db m243013) HM
On Soundview Drive, 0.1 miles south of Graveline Road, on the right when traveling south.
Arriving in 1827, the McRaes were
among the earliest settlers of
this area and owned extensive
property along the Mississippi
Sound. This cemetery is the burial
place of family patriarch John
McRae, who died in l835. His sons
Colin, John J., . . . — — Map (db m197403) HM
Organized ca. 1886, this African American church is the oldest continuous congregation in Gautier. Twice destroyed by fire, the church was rebuilt at its present site in 1893. The New Era Missionary Baptist Church choir sang at the 1936 inauguration . . . — — Map (db m16518) HM
On Gautier Vancleave Road, on the right when traveling north.
Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location under the leadership of Rev. Harold Martin. The original . . . — — Map (db m131646) HM
On Watersedge Drive at Oldfield Drive on Watersedge Drive.
Located on a French colonial land grant to Jean-Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline, the Greek Revival
house was built ca. 1845 by prominent planter,
merchant, politician and Graveline descendant
Col. Alfred E. Lewis, who was also a delegate to
the . . . — — Map (db m243018) HM
On Oak Street, 0.1 miles north of De La Pointe Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Built c. 1867, by Fernando Upton Gautier and his wife, Theresa Fayard Gautier. The Gautiers moved to this area from Biloxi and established the F. Gautier and Sons Sawmill in 1866. The house is built from native pine cut at the sawmill, which closed . . . — — Map (db m16756) HM
On Graveline Road, 0.2 miles south of Old Spanish Trail, on the right when traveling east.
Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant claim and was built on the site of the McRae Hotel, a . . . — — Map (db m43650) HM