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LaPointe-Krebs House and Museum

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society lists Martin Freeman’s Medal of Honor at the Old Spanish Fort & Museum in Pascagoula. The museum’s official history establishes that Old Spanish Fort is the former name of today’s LaPointe-Krebs House and Museum, allowing the historic medal-location record to be attached to the current visitor institution without inventing a new custody chain. Freeman served as first-class pilot aboard USS Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay. The archive records the original-medal location while leaving current gallery availability unclaimed.

MOH-MUS-000169Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11Scheduled hours, weather permitting
Restored LaPointe-Krebs House and Museum exterior in Pascagoula, Mississippi, formerly known as Old Spanish Fort.
LaPointe-Krebs House after restorationPhoto: J.gadbois, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ↗ · Source ↗

Historical context

About this institution

The LaPointe-Krebs House is one of the Gulf Coast’s oldest surviving structures, with a history extending to 1757. Long known locally as the Old Spanish Fort, the restored site and adjoining museum interpret French colonial construction, the families who occupied the property, regional archaeology, preservation work, and the layered history of Pascagoula. The institution’s official identity now preserves the LaPointe and Krebs family names while explicitly connecting the site to its former Old Spanish Fort museum name.

Why it matters to Medal of Honor research

This profile reconnects a historic repository name to its modern institution and adds a Civil War naval Medal of Honor location to the museum network. It is particularly valuable because the official museum history supplies the name bridge needed to avoid treating Old Spanish Fort and LaPointe-Krebs as separate institutions, while the recipient database supplies the direct medal evidence.

Collection guide

What to look for

The following highlights summarize the strongest verified reasons to include this institution in the archive. They are a planning guide, not a promise that every object is on view at all times.

Martin Freeman original Medal of Honor repository relationship

Restored 1757 LaPointe-Krebs House

French colonial and Gulf Coast archaeological interpretation

Historic Old Spanish Fort institutional identity

Verified connections

Medal of Honor relationships

1 total1 original medal

Original Medal of Honor

Martin Freeman

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society lists Martin Freeman’s Medal of Honor at Old Spanish Fort & Museum in Pascagoula. The institution’s official history identifies Old Spanish Fort as the former name of today’s LaPointe-Krebs House and Museum. This record preserves the original-medal location while leaving current gallery availability unclaimed.

Record: Martin Freeman Medal of Honor

Verified 2026-10-11 · Current, display status not specified

Evidence sources and scope

Recipient-linked original-medal relationship joined to the current institution through its official former-name history.

Collection focus

Historical specialties

French colonial Gulf Coast architecturePascagoula archaeology and local historyHistoric preservation and material cultureMartin Freeman Medal of Honor repository

Service connections

U.S. Navy

Conflict connections

U.S. Civil War