O'Keefe House

A black and white ink drawing of the O'Keefe family mansion on Porter Avenue in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The house is three stories with five columns in the front. The second floor has a balcony. The third-floor has a widow's walk. A picket fence surrounds the house with a tree in the image foreground.

O’Keefe house on Porter Avenue in Ocean Springs, MS

In 1906, Jeremiah J. O’Keefe I built a large family home on Porter Avenue in Ocean Springs, MS. This 2 ½ story mansion of Beaux-Arts “polite” design was constructed with Corinthian columns and wide galleries. Unfortunately, the O’Keefes lost their property in 1938. At this time, the O’Keefes vowed to reclaim their ancestral property. Jeremiah J. “Jerry” O’Keefe III fulfilled the family prophecy in 1987 when he repurchased and restored the Porter Avenue residence.