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Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee. Faulkner purchased the house when it was in disrepair in 1930 and did many of the renovations himself. Other renovations were done in the 1950s.
Ammadelle is a historic house at 637 North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford, Mississippi. Built in 1859, it is an Italianate mansion designed by Calvert Vaux , which he regarded as one of his finest works. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
The 85-acre resort will be located on the north side of Mississippi 6, 3 miles outside of the Oxford city limits. It is slated to open in the Spring 2025.
Lamar's home in Oxford was restored as a museum in 2008. Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Republican political commentator, author, and consulting firm CEO; Naomi Sims (1948–2009), fashion model, was born in Oxford. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who played college football at Ole Miss, lives in Oxford during the off-season.
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Isom Place is located at 1003 Jefferson Avenue in Oxford, Mississippi and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The home was constructed by Thomas Dudley Isom, a physician in Lafayette County. The exact dates of construction are lost, due in part to a lack of records from 1865 to 1883. [2]
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district located in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Lafayette County.The district has existed since the city's incorporation in 1837, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1980.
Funding for the museum came from the generosity of her family, the Adair Skipwiths, and government programs such as the Works Progress Administration. The museum was renamed the Mary Buie Museum in her honor from 1942 until 1997. Oxford operated the original museum from 1939 through 1974, before deeding it to the University of Mississippi. [1]