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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Historical home in the Turkey Creek community to be restored

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Historical home in the Turkey Creek community to be restored
Historical home in the Turkey Creek community to be restored

A piece of history in Gulfport's Turkey Creek community is in the process of being restored back to its original form.

- - a piece of history in gulfports- turkey creek- community is in the process of- being restored back to it's - original form.- named one of mississippi's 10 - most endangered - historical places in 2015 and a- offical mississippi - landmark in 2018, the yaryan- paymasters office, also - known as phonenix naval stores- office, is being restored - to memorialize turkey creek's - industrial workers and- their significant contributions- to the economic, labor and civi- rights history of our community- city, state and nation.

- today crews lifted the house in- order to begin restoring it.- - " so it is an intresting history, thanks to- national parks service and- landtrust as well as many other- people it is now going to rise- like the phonex from te ground- in this case, it is called the- - - - phoneix navel store, and so it- is an incredable task to get it- up and it's our hope we can do- iit in tact and then restore it- to its grace it had prior to th- explsion."

- - - the home will become a museum - and an archive of this

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