Jefferson Davis’s last home was Beauvoir located on the Mississippi Sound in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Later sold to the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, it was operated as a Confederate Veterans Home for those veterans and their widows. I believe there also was a hospital on site for the residents.
Little known is that the grounds also contain a Confederate cemetery including the Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier.
Beauvoir is undergoing repairs from hurricane Katrina damage. It is well worth visiting and contributing to its restoration.
Also worth noting is the spiritual successor to Beauvoir, the Armed Forces Retirement Home at Gulfport. This used to be the Sailors Home. This Gulfport home was severely damaged by Hurrican Katrina and plans are under way with GSA to rebuild it by 2010.
Veterans and their ghosts from the “Late Unpleasantness” until today are seeing their Mississippi Sound sanctuaries restored.
I visited his home in Pass Christian (I think), Mississippi 20 years ago. It overlooked the Gulf of Mexico. I believe it was destroyed by Katrina.Jefferson Davis' home Beauvoir was one of the few structures left standing right along the coast after Katrina. A stand of large oaks may have protected the house. The house suffered a lot of damage though and is still in the process of being repaired.
We drove past Beauvoir a month ago. Here is what it looked like.
The small library building where Jefferson Davis did his writing is gone as is the one-story modern memorabilia store whose foundation appears in the foreground of my picture. The grand front steps of Beauvoir are gone as well.