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Tullis-Toledano Manor, also known as, the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House, was a red-clay brick mansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. It was considered an example of Greek Revival architecture. The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ==History== Christoval Sebastian Toledano, a sugar and cotton broker of Spanish descent from New Orleans, built the house in 1856 for his second wife, Matilda Pradat.〔(Civil War Survivors That Gave Up Their Ghosts ) Retrieved 2012-07-26.〕 The home was a two and one-half story, five-bay structure built of red-clay bricks that were manufactured in a Biloxi brickyard.〔(National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form (The Tullis House) ) Retrieved 2012-07-26〕 The upper floors were accessed by a semi-spiraled, wooden staircase. Another structure on the property was a two-story brick kitchen with servant's quarters located approximately 50 yards (46 meters) behind the main house.〔 In the 20th century, the structure was remodeled to serve as a guest house. After Matilda Toledano sold the house in 1886, there was a succession of owners until 1939, when it was purchased as a summer home by Garner H. Tullis of New Orleans who was President of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.〔 In 1969, the home sustained considerable damage from Hurricane Camille, and was sealed and vacated. In 1975, the Tullis family sold the house and property to the city of Biloxi. The city restored the house and used it for the next 30 years as a museum and community center.〔(Tullis-Toledano Manor ) Retrieved 2012-07-26〕 After weathering 150 years of storms from the Gulf, Tullis-Toledano Manor was completely destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. A barge from Grand Casino Biloxi washed ashore during the hurricane and crushed the house. Nothing was left of Tullis-Toledano Manor except rubble. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tullis-Toledano Manor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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