Debuys-Hermann-Keller House

John Henry Keller, the New Orleans philanthropist who lived here from 1871 to 1908, put his name on a good deal of Biloxi. He laid out Keller's Addition and the Avondale subdivision, whose covenants barred commercial oyster planting. In July 1892 the Methodist Seashore Campground opened beside his land with a 475-foot artesian well, and that same month he gave a lot to the Presbyterians though he was not one himself. Keller Avenue still carries his name. His estate was divided into lots after his death, and one was sold in 1915.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art — 0.5 mi
  Frank Gehry's pavilions on the Biloxi waterfront, built around the pottery of George Ohr, the self-styled Mad Potter, and the rebuilt Pleasant Reed House.
• Biloxi Beach Wade-In Marker — 1.2 mi
  The beachfront parking lot beside the Biloxi Lighthouse where state markers recall the 1959 and 1960 wade-ins that opened Mississippi's public beaches to Black residents.
• Biloxi Lighthouse — 1.2 mi
  A cast-iron tower lit in 1848 on the Biloxi beachfront, kept by women for most of its first century and still in service after Camille and Katrina.
• Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum — 1.3 mi
  A Point Cadet museum on Biloxi's oyster, shrimp and schooner past, from the packing houses and the shrimpers' unions to the Vietnamese families who rebuilt the industry.

More markers nearby

• Vance-Gillis House — steps away
• Church of the Redeemer — steps away
• Birthplace of Barq's — 0.2 mi
• Biloxi — 0.2 mi