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website, complex includes local history museum with changing exhibits of art and culture, a caboose, country store, jail cell, doctor's office, blacksmith shop and barn University of Mississippi Museum: Oxford Lafayette North Multiple Includes fine art, Greek & Roman antiquities, folk art, scientific instruments USM Museum of Art: Hattiesburg ...
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.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
The building was originally the only academic structure of the university, containing a lecture hall, several lecture rooms, the faculty offices, a geological museum, and the university library. [3] It was designed by famed southern architect William Nichols. Today, the Lyceum remains the oldest building on the university campus.
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.
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]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
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