37th Annual Victorian Candlelit ChristmasSaturday, December 8th

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.Sunday, December 9th

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Old Fashioned Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides at Walthall, 601 Rebecca Ave. ($5.00 per person, children 6 & under FREE)

Luminaries and Roaming Caroling Groups throughout the neighborhood.

Trolley Shuttle to and Open Houses

Holiday Open House Tours: $10 per person, children free accompanied by an adult. Tours will run Sat from 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Refreshments at the Walthall

Court Street United Methodist Church: Victorian Christmas Extravaganza 5pm - 7 pm, Christmas carols, Christmas Piano Concert, live nativity scene, and the Candlelight Cafe offering red beans and rice and chili. Tickets $6 or $25 for family of 5.

Bay Street Presbyterian Church. Carol sing with the Pipe Organ.

Old Fashioned Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides- Walthall, 601 Rebecca Ave. ($5.00 per person, children 8 & under FREE)

Luminaries and Roaming Caroling Groups throughout the neighborhood

Trolley Shuttle to Art Walk and Open Houses

Holiday Open House Tours: $10 per person, children free accompanied by an adult. Tours will run Sat from 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Refreshments at the Walthall

Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhoodpresents

A Victorian Candlelit Christmas

December 8th & 9th, 2012Hattiesburg, Mississippi

“One of the 10 Great Neighborhoods in American 2011”

Holiday Home Tours1 2 Walthall Condominiums #105 & #107

In 1995, the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood Association purchased the Walthall school and grounds from the Hattiesburg Public School District. The Neighborhood Association created Walthall Foundation, Inc., to own and operate the building and to provide for its future use and development. The Foundation made improvements to the building and grounds and worked with a number of tenants. In 2006, Walthall Foundation sold the property to Walthall Development, LLC for the development of condominiums that would maintain the Mississippi Landmark status of the building and National Register status as required by law.!

106 Short Bay- Great Oaks“Great Oaks” 106 Short Bay was built in 1906 as the second home of the family of William M. Conner, one of Hattiesburgʼs earliest settlers, a lumberman, alderman and fourth mayor of the city. Massive and small Ionic columns grace the exterior with an imposing dormer and symmetrical curved porches in the

style of Greek “hisperia” or temples to the winds as well. Hand painted walls are an outstanding characteristic of the entrance hall, library, parlor and dining room. The Conners commissioned French artist, Andre Norton of Paris, to paint the oil on canvas. Directly beneath the 15-foot ceiling, stenciled in gold leaf, the library walls are painted in a geometric motif in deep russet tones. The lower walls are embellished with gesso ornamentation of the fleur-de-lis design. In the parlor above the carved mahogany mantelpiece is a delicate painting Mr. Norton called “A Garden in the Rain.”The dining room walls are murals depicting times of day from dawn to evening. Today “Great Oaks” is home to the Tony and Mitzi Carrol family, who are lovingly restoring this home to its previous grandeur.

518 Rebecca Avenue

This 1930ʼs bungalow is the home of Tom and Debbie Garvey. It is a 3-bay craftsman style home and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure to the neighborhood. "

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