Southern Splendor

What: Seven bedrooms, seven baths in 7,303 square feet.

Where: Pass Christian, Miss., 66 miles east of New Orleans.

Amenities: Original exteriors preserved. Three-story house with three-bedroom guest cottage, two-floor curved staircase, double galleries.

Asking Price: $2.5 million

Opening Bid*: $2.365 million

Agent: Dorian Bennett, (504) 944-3605.

Due Diligence: This Victorian home was built in the 1850s and designated as a National Historic Landmark. The owners, Joe and Shannon Cox, paid $1.2 million for the home five years ago and spent close to $1 million renovating it. "We wanted to keep the 1850s feel of the place, but also wanted to add some modern details," says Mr. Cox. The improvements included a three-bedroom guest house and a master-bedroom suite with French doors that open to views of the Gulf of Mexico. They built a temperature-controlled, 3,000-bottle wine cellar into the basement.

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Photos by: Neil Alexander

*The opening bid is Weekend Journal's estimate of a reasonable starting point for negotiations to buy the property, based on past sales, prevailing market conditions and interviews with local real-estate experts.

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