St. Pierre’s Episcopal Church, near Bayou Pierre in Gautier, has a colorful history. Built in 1921, the church was the brain child of the Rev. Theodore DuBose Bratton, who served as the third bishop of Mississippi.
Bratton had a summer home near Oldfields in Gautier.
In 1921, Gautier was a simple railroad community with no church. St. Pierre’s became a community project as more and more people jumped on the bandwagon to help get the fledgling church built. Rev. John Chipman, vicar of St. John’s in Pascagoula, drew up the plans, and his son carved the date on the cornerstone, Nov. 12, 1921.