My Ocean Springs: 2007 in Pictures

The Reverend Wayne Ray has been the Rector of St. John’s Episcopal in Ocean Springs since early 1999, but the beautiful building that houses St. John’s has adorned the corner of Porter and Rayburn Avenues since 1892, making it the oldest church building in town. The building is listed in the State Register held by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and is described on their commemoration plaque as the finest example of a High Victorian Gothic structure, built entirely of wood, in the state. The famous architect, Louis Sullivan (who taught Frank Lloyd Wright) was a winter visitor to Ocean Springs in the early 1890s, and some claim that his influence is evident in the design.