Yazoo City in Yazoo County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

The Oakes House

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014

1. The Oakes House Marker

Inscription. This home was built in stages 1866-1910 by John and Mary Oakes, free blacks who had moved to Yazoo City by the 1850s, and by their first son, Augustus J. Oakes, an educator and builder, who had established the Oakes Lumber Yard by 1900. The Oakes House was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Erected 1995 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 32° 50.632′ N, 90° 24.813′ W. Marker is in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in Yazoo County. It is at the intersection of South Monroe Street and Perry Street, on the right when traveling south on South Monroe Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 312 South Monroe Street, Yazoo City MS 39194, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Mississippi and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

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: Bethel A.M.E. Church (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Yazoo County War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bank of Yazoo City (approx. ¼ mile away); Town Creek

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Tommy McClennan (approx. 0.3 miles away); B.S. Ricks Memorial Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Willie Morris (approx. 0.4 miles away); Yazoo County Civil War Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yazoo City.

The Oakes House (under renovation) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014

2. The Oakes House (under renovation)

The Oakes House Marker area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014

3. The Oakes House Marker area

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 966 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.