The Pass Christian Historical Society is excited to announce the 2025 Tour of Homes returns on Sunday, May 4^th. Homes will be open from 2-5 pm. 

On this, the 20^th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Society invites you to come enjoy an afternoon in Pass Christian, learning about the history of our area and the remarkable recovery of our city and coast over the past two decades.

This year’s Tour features four unique Pass Christian homes, including a lovely cottage gem on historic Seal Avenue and three beautiful Scenic Drive homes spanning a century of construction.

This year’s featured homes are:

127 Seal Avenue, c. 1895, home of Louana and Ted Frois. One of a row of six cottages built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for its employees, this cottage also once housed the city’s telephone switchboard. Despite flooding during Hurricane Katrina, the home retains much of its original structure, thanks in large part to the native Mississippi cypress and pine that was used to build it 130 years ago. The home was featured in Southern Living magazine in 2020 as a perfect example of the “casual elegance of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.”

513 East Scenic Drive, c. 1880-1910. Home of Ashley and Chris Bass. Few beachfront homes survived Hurricane Katrina west of this local treasure, which is now the only remaining example of a late nineteenth-century Swiss Chalet-style bungalow on the Coast. Built by prominent Pass Christian builder Frank Wittmann, Sr. in 1910, with the garconniere dating back to 1890. Day of Tour tickets will only be sold here and at the Society headquarters.

765 East Scenic Drive, 1972 and 2008. Home of Carroll and Dale Mathews. The Mathews transformed this originally Georgian-style home into an informal, airy, coastal classic after Hurricane Katrina by adding wonderfully deep and extensive porches, replacing windows with French doors, and through numerous other thoughtful details. Guests will enjoy the Society’s traditional Tour Tea on the lovely porches here. 

925 East Scenic Drive, c. 1978. Home of Cindy Walker and Dave Dennis. We welcome this lovely home, which offers sweeping views of the Mississippi Sound from nearly every angle to the Tour for the first time. This property, which sits on approximately an acre stretching from Scenic Drive to Second Street, was originally a part of the old Eslick estate before it was subdivided in the late 1970s. The home was remodeled after Katrina, and the more traditional front façade added at that time.

Ticket Information

Advance tickets are available online through Eventbrite at a cost of $30. All tickets include the complimentary Tea served at 765 East Scenic.

Advance tickets may also be purchased at the Pass Christian Historical Society during open hours and events.

Tickets will also be available to purchase on the day of the tour for $35 at the Society Headquarters, 201 East Scenic Drive, starting at noon and at the Tour home located at 513 East Scenic Drive, starting at 1:30.

Tickets will not be available to purchase at the other three Tour homes.

Purchase tickets online at Eventbrite here.

Member Benefits

Please note that certain 2025 Society membership levels qualify for complimentary tickets to the Tour. Contributing members ($100) receive 1 complimentary ticket. Sustaining members ($250) receive 2 complimentary tickets. Patrons ($500) receive 4 tickets, and Benefactor level members ($1,000) receive 8 tickets. Tickets will be available for pickup at Society headquarters on Saturday, May 3th from noon to 2 pm and on Sunday, May 4th starting at noon. Ticket pickup is not available at the Tour homes.

Patron and Sponsor Benefits

Becoming a Patron or Sponsor of the Tour of Homes is a wonderful way to enjoy the Tour while supporting the work of the Pass Christian Historical Society, which has preserved and shared the history of Pass Christian and the Gulf Coast since 1966. We offer both Patron benefits ($100 for two tickets and recognition on signage and in the program) and Corporate Sponsorship opportunities (starting at $125 for two tickets and an advertisement in the event program, with additional levels also available).

You may purchase a Patron or Sponsor package online at our Tour of Homes Eventbrite site or by downloading the Patron/Sponsor form and mailing it back to us.

Sponsorship purchasers will be contacted directly by the Society regarding advertising images for the event program.

Thank you for supporting the Pass Christian Historical Society! See you on the Tour.

Parking

Three Tour homes are on Scenic Drive and one home is on Seal Avenue one-half block north of Scenic Drive.

Parking is generally available on the south side of East Scenic although some homeowners have blocked access. Where access is blocked, please respect the homeowner's wish not to allow parking.

There is general Tour parking in a lot on Hackett Lane, one block from the "Tea House" at 765 East Scenic.

There will be several golf carts circling from 127 Seal to 965 East Scenic Drive (the two ends of the Tour, a distance of 2 miles) and back and forth from the Hackett Lane parking lot.

127 Seal Ave and 513 E. Scenic-- There is very limited parking on Seal Avenue so please park on Scenic Drive. These two houses are less than a block apart so you can walk to both houses from your Scenic Drive parking spot.

765 E. Scenic Dr.-- Some parking is available in the side yard of this house. Also, it is only .2 of a mile from the Hackett Lane parking lot.

Distances to other Tour homes -- .7 of a mile to 513 Scenic and .6 of a mile to 925 Scenic.

925 E. Scenic Dr.-- Significant parking is available along the south side of East Scenic.