Community Green in Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

University Faculty Houses

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 1, 2023

1. University Faculty Houses Marker

Inscription. Twenty-one houses in Community Green were originally located on the University of Mississippi campus. Seventeen were built as early as 1939 using Public Works Administration funds. The first African American sorority on campus, the Theta Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, was located in one of these houses. Willie Morris, James Silver, and other faculty, staff, administrators and coaches were also residents. The houses were donated to LOU-Home and relocated here in 2007.

Erected 2017 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Architecture • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 34° 22.873′ N, 89° 31.467′ W. Marker is in Oxford, Mississippi, in Lafayette County. It is in Community Green. It is at the intersection of Victory Hill Lane and Molly Barr Road, on the left when traveling north on Victory Hill Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Victory Hill Lane, Oxford MS 38655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rosenwald School (approx. 0.7 miles away); L. Q. C. Lamar House

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Silver Pond (approx. 0.9 miles away); Oxford Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Freedmen Town (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mississippi Central R.R. Campaign (approx. one mile away); Burns "Belfry" Church (approx. one mile away); The Oxford-University Depot (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oxford.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 1, 2023

2. University Faculty Houses Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 179 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.