This home is located on the site of historical Middlegate Japanese Gardens. Some of the original concrete structures still remain on the site. Please do not disturb them in any way. You are welcome to take pictures but do not touch.Between 1923 and 1929 New Orleans residents Rudolf Hecht and Lynne Watkins Hecht developed Middlegate Japanese Gardens at their summer home in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The Hechts built Middlegate Japanese gardens to perpetuate their pleasant memories of their travels in Japan. The gardens are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since 1923 when the Hechts established them, Middlegate Japanese Gardens have been private, residential gardens. The gardens were extensively damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Smithsonian Institution has included the gardens on their Collection Search Center website.More information can be found here at the city of Pass Christian website or the Smithsonian Institute.