The Hotel Biloxi was once located on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi. The hotel opened in 1927 and was designed by architect Ira H. Coyne. Later called the Hotel MacArthur, the hotel eventually declined and was converted into a retirement home. It was demolished in January 1978. This post card view from the 1950s depicts post-war renovations inside. The building itself was a well built neo-colonial structure with four stories and graceful detailing. The oddly placed central column on the front portico always struck me as strange.
Adapted and cropped from The Creole room - Hotel Biloxi. Year round resort on the Gulf of Mexico at Biloxi, Miss. Sysid 91917. Scanned as TIFF in 2007/08/23 by MDAH. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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MaryLou1298 9 months ago | reply
Thanks for sharing this wonderful 50's pic of the Creole Room (love that name), Tom!
I don't recall this hotel....must've been before my time! tee hee Aren't the muted colors
wonderful here?
angelnfreefall 9 months ago | reply
SO love these colors.
Maureen Bond 9 months ago | reply
this is classic!