On County Road 115, 0.2 miles south of State Route 7, on the right when traveling south.
The Abbeville Colored School was built in 1950
as part of Mississippi's school equalization
program, in which to forestall integration,
new schools were built for Black students.
Half of the funding for the original, four-
classroom building . . . — — Map (db m219952) HM
On County Route 7, 1 mile north of Road 244, on the right when traveling south.
Following their defeat in the battle of Corinth, Confederate forces, now under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, established a line of defense on the Tallahatchie River in November 1862. Union Gen. U.S. Grant, moving down the Mississippi Central Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m102633) HM
On University Avenue at Presidential Debate Way, on the right when traveling west on University Avenue.
The first presidential debate of 2008 between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain was held at this site on September 26, 2008. National and international media coverage of the event brought the world to Ole Miss and Oxford. . . . — — Map (db m219879) HM
On Old Taylor Road (County Road 303) south of County Route 3062, on the right when traveling south.
Buried here between 1837 and 1865 are early settlers of Lafayette Co. Among these is the grave of John J. Craig, purchaser of the Indian lands that are now Lafayette Co. and donor of the site of Oxford. — — Map (db m102979) HM
On South Campus Rail Trail, 0.9 miles south of Chucky Mullins Drive.
Buckner's Trestle was a wooden bridge
built by the Mississippi Central Railroad
in the late 1850s. This trestle was the
site of two train wrecks. On February
25, 1870, the 3pm mail carrier left
Oxford heading south toward Water
Valley. The . . . — — Map (db m219834) HM
On East Jackson Avenue (Mississippi Route 314) east of Martin Luther King Jr Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Site of Oxford's first African American church, organized by former slaves in 1869-70. First called Sewell Chapel. In 1900, the church was renamed Burns Methodist Episcopal Church. The original wooden building was replaced in 1910 by the present . . . — — Map (db m102880) HM
On Murray Street, 0.1 miles west of Ridgewood Manor Drive.
Cedar Oaks was built ca. 1857
by architect and builder William
Turner. After surviving the Union
occupation of Oxford during the
Civil War, the house was moved
to this site in 1963 by local
clubwomen after the house was
threatened by . . . — — Map (db m219924) HM
On University Avenue at South 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on University Avenue.
Delta Gamma, a national collegiate
women's fraternity, was organized
during the 1873 Christmas season
at the Lewis School, located here.
Its founders were three students,
Eva Webb, Mary Comfort and
Anna Boyd, who were unable to go
home to . . . — — Map (db m219875) HM
On Courthouse Square west of North Lamar Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Site of the
drug store and medical office
of Dr. Thomas Dudley Isom
Considered to be the first white settler
of this region
Building circa 1889 – restored 1988
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District
National Register . . . — — Map (db m219916) HM
On South Lamar Boulevard south of University Avenue (Mississippi Route 6), on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1931 as the home
of Murry and Maud Falkner,
the parents of Nobel Prize
winning author William
Faulkner. The house stands
on land purchased in 1898
by J.W.T. Falkner, William
Faulkner's grandfather. — — Map (db m219909) HM
On Van Buren Avenue at South 9th Street (Mississippi Route 6/314), on the right when traveling east on Van Buren Avenue.
Organized on May 8, 1842,
by the first pastor, William
Hosea Holcombe. On June 11,
1843, Charles G. Butler and
William H. Caruthers were
ordained the first deacons. — — Map (db m219921) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr Drive at East Jackson Avenue (State Route 314), on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
After the Civil War, many freedmen from Lafayette County moved into Oxford; settled in the area bounded by Jackson Avenue, Price Street, the railroad and 9th Street; bought land, built houses, schools and churches; and exercised the rights and . . . — — Map (db m102881) HM
On Old Taylor Road west of South 10th Street, on the left when traveling west.
The mansion ca. 1853 located on this site was burned by Union troops in 1864. Two original outbuildings are included in the present house, built in 1869. Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), a native of North Carolina, moved to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in . . . — — Map (db m102991) HM
On North 14th Street north of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar from 1868 to 1888. Lamar was an educator at the University of Mississippi; a colonel, 19th Miss. Inf., CSA; a U.S. congressman; senator; Secretary of the Interior; and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme . . . — — Map (db m102883) HM
On Courthouse Square at South Lamar Boulevard, on the left when traveling east on Courthouse Square.
Front
In Memory of
The Patriotism of the
Confederate Soldiers
Of Lafayette County,
Mississippi.
______
They Gave Their Lives
In A Just and Holy Cause.
Erected 1907
Left side (West)
A . . . — — Map (db m102994) WM
On East Jackson Avenue at Courthouse Square, on the left when traveling west on East Jackson Avenue.
The original courthouse was burned in August 1864 by Union Troops led by Gen. A. J. Smith. Judge R. A. Hill secured Federal funds to construct the present courthouse which was completed and occupied in January 1872. — — Map (db m102877) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Courthouse Square, on the left when traveling north on North Lamar Boulevard.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching emerged as a stunning form of violent resistance to emancipation and . . . — — Map (db m219912) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Molly Barr Road, on the right when traveling south on North Lamar Boulevard.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate black . . . — — Map (db m219923) HM
On East Jackson Avenue (Mississippi Route 314) west of North 9th Street, on the right when traveling west.
On December 2, 1862, as the Confederates
fell back to the Yalobusha River, Union
Gen. U.S. Grant moved his headquarters
from Waterford to Abbeville. On the 4th,
he moved to Oxford, while his advance
crossed the Yocona River. W.T. . . . — — Map (db m102879) HM
On Mississippi Route 7 south of Mississippi Route 328, on the right when traveling south.
As Gen. Pemberton's Confederates
fell back from the Tallahatchie River on
December 1-7, 1862, they fought a rear
guard action at Oxford on December 2. To
prevent the destruction of bridges over
the Yocona River, Union cavalry under
Col. T. . . . — — Map (db m219831) HM
On Courthouse Square at East Jackson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Courthouse Square.
Chartered in 1836 on Chickasaw cession land, Oxford was named for the university town in England and became home to the University of Mississippi in 1848. During the Civil War, Generals Grant and Sherman met in Oxford (1862), and the Square and many . . . — — Map (db m102878) HM
On East Jackson Street at Courthouse Square, on the left when traveling west on East Jackson Street.
Lafayette County’s blues history has encompassed a wide range of activity by scholars, promoters, record companies, and musicians. The nightlife of Oxford has welcomed both local performers and national touring acts. The most famous musician . . . — — Map (db m102876) HM
On North Lamar Boulevard at Jefferson Avenue on North Lamar Boulevard.
E. 3 blocks. Here are buried L. Q. C. Lamar, statesman; A.B. Longstreet, author, educator; Wm. Delay, veteran of 3 wars; Sarah McG. Isom, first southern university faculty woman; & I.D. Isom; first white settler in county. — — Map (db m102682) HM
On University Avenue at South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on University Avenue.
Founded 1836 as Oxford Methodist
Episcopal Church with circuit
rider Wm. Craig as first pastor.
Earliest presence of Methodism in
community. Church home of many
bishops, pastors and other church
leaders, as well as chancellors
of the . . . — — Map (db m219878) HM
On University Avenue at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on University Avenue.
Porter L. Fortune, Jr. served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from February 1969 through March 1984. With colleagues he conceived the idea of the cultural center at Ole Miss and worked throughout his administration to make the . . . — — Map (db m219874) HM
On Washington Avenue west of North 5th Street, on the left when traveling west.
On this site was a five-teacher, wood
frame school building, ca. 1922-1936,
used for rural African American
education. It was one of more than 5,300
built in the South with matching funds
contributed by the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
black and . . . — — Map (db m219919) HM
On Old Taylor Road west of South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built c. 1848. From 1930 to 1962 home of novelist William Faulkner, who named it for the rowan tree, symbol of security and peace. Now maintained as a literary landmark by the University of Mississippi. — — Map (db m102988) HM
On East Jackson Avenue at South 9th Street (Mississippi Route 6/314), on the left when traveling west on East Jackson Avenue.
First Cathedral in Diocese.
Distinguished members: F.A.P.
Barnard, Rector, Chancellor of
University of Miss., President
of Columbia; Jacob Thompson,
Secretary of Interior: William
Faulkner, Nobel Prize winner. — — Map (db m219920) HM
On Depot Street at Van Buren Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Depot Street.
Built in 1872 by the Mississippi Central R.R. (later part of the Illinois Central line), this depot replaced an earlier structure burned during the Civil War. For many years, the depot was a hub of activity for the town and the University of . . . — — Map (db m102679) HM
On Van Buren Avenue east of South 6th Street, on the left when traveling east.
An example of Carpenter Gothic
architecture, this house was
designed and built ca. 1872 by
Swedish immigrant G.M. Torgerson,
who designed numerous buildings
in Oxford. In 1939, the house was
purchased by Theora Hamblett
(1895-1977), a . . . — — Map (db m219922) HM
Near Taylor Road south of University Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
University High School, established in 1930, was a cooperative
enterprise between the University of Mississippi and the City of
Oxford to establish a model Demonstration High School and a
Teacher Training Program. This was one of the first . . . — — Map (db m219899) HM
On North 16th Street, 0.2 miles north of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The creator of Yoknapatawpha County, whose stories about his people won him the Nobel Prize, is buried twenty steps east of this marker. — — Map (db m102882) HM
On Old Taylor Road, 0.1 miles west of South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, William Cuthbert
Faulkner was born in New Albany on September 25, 1897, and moved
with his family to Oxford as a child. He made an indelible mark on
American letters by bringing a modernist literary . . . — — Map (db m219907) HM
On College Hill Road (County Road 102) at County Road 103, on the right when traveling south on College Hill Road.
Organized by Presbyterian settlers in 1836. Church building erected 1844-46 on land bought from N. Miss. College. Church and vicinity occupied by some 30,000 Union troops Dec., 1862. Wm. Faulkner married here, 1929. — — Map (db m219926) HM
On County Road 130 south of County Road 128, on the left when traveling south.
In the early 20th century, the former Male
and Female Academy, which had been operated
by the College Presbyterian Church, was
acquired by the county and renamed the
Lafayette Agricultural High School. A brick
school was constructed in 1931. In . . . — — Map (db m219951) HM
On Victory Hill Lane at Molly Barr Road, on the left when traveling north on Victory Hill Lane.
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 . . . — — Map (db m219918) HM
On Mississippi Route 315 at County Road 3017, on the right on State Route 315.
Artist Theora Hamblett, a lifelong resident of
Lafayette County, was born in Paris, Mississippi
in 1895. Known for paintings of colorful trees,
childhood scenes, dreams and visions, much of
her work was associated with her religious
faith. . . . — — Map (db m219828) HM
On Sorority Row north of Grove Loop, on the right when traveling north.
Originally built for use as magnetic observatory. Used as Confederate morgue after Battle of Shiloh in April, 1862. Also used by Gen. U.S. Grant in fall of 1862 and later by forces of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. — — Map (db m102673) HM
On Sorority Row at Student Union Drive on Sorority Row.
Built 1857-59 by Chancellor F.A.P. Barnard, the Observatory housed the Physics and Astronomy Department until 1939 and was the home of chancellors until 1971. The West Wing, called McCain Hall, was used by the NROTC, 1947-89. The Observatory was . . . — — Map (db m102769) HM
On Student Union Drive west of Sorority Row, on the right when traveling west.
Frederick A. P. Barnard (1809-1889) was the third president and first chancellor of the University of Mississippi, serving from 1856 to 1861. He joined the University of Alabama's faculty in 1838, and he started a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter there. In . . . — — Map (db m219853) HM
On Chucky Mullins Drive north of U.S. 278, on the right when traveling north.
A redshirt freshman defensive back for the Ole Miss football
team, Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins suffered a tragic injury on
October 28, 1989, in the homecoming game against Vanderbilt that
left him paralyzed.
Chucky's battle with his physical . . . — — Map (db m219836) HM
James H. Meredith,
a Mississippi native of Kosciusko,
stepped into the pages of
history on October 1, 1962
when he opened the doors to
higher education at the
University of Mississippi and in
the South. As a major figure in
the . . . — — Map (db m102888) HM
Established during the Civil War,
this cemetery was used for both
Union and Confederate soldiers
who died in the hospital at the
University of Mississippi following
the Battle of Shiloh. Shortly after the
war, the Union dead were removed
and . . . — — Map (db m219842) HM
A Greenville native, Dr. David Sansing (1933-2019)
served in the U.S. Army before beginning his
teaching career in 1960. He served as a history
professor on the faculty at Ole Miss from 1970
until his retirement in 1994 and was the author
of . . . — — Map (db m219847) HM
On Sorority Row north of Student Union Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Front
The University of Mississippi is internationally famous for its work in documenting and preserving African American blues culture. In 1983 the Center for the Study of Southern Culture acquired Living Blues magazine, which . . . — — Map (db m102770) HM
On Rebel Drive at Dormitory Row North, on the right when traveling east on Rebel Drive.
In 1920, this building was dedicated in honor of James Zachariah George (1826-1897). Born in Georgia, George moved with his family to Mississippi in 1834, settling two years later in Carroll County.
At the outbreak of war between the United . . . — — Map (db m219881) HM
One of sixteen buildings built with funds from a special appropriation in 1928, Guyton Hall housed the student health center and the two-year medical school from 1934 until 1955, when the medical school was expanded into a four-year program and . . . — — Map (db m219891) HM
Near University Avenue east of Grove Loop, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed in 1858 to accommodate
University of Mississippi students,
this railroad cut was named for
Dr. Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916),
its designer and engineer. A
native of Bavaria, Hilgard served
as State Geologist from 1855 to
1873. A . . . — — Map (db m219871) HM
On Jeanette Phillips Drive at Hill Drive, on the right when traveling north on Jeanette Phillips Drive.
Dr. Jeanette C. Phillips devoted her life to improving nutritional programs throughout Mississippi and the nation. She received her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Mississippi in 1954 & 1973, respectively, and later served as . . . — — Map (db m219840) HM
On Grove Loop at Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling west on Grove Loop.
In 1977 this building was dedicated in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825-1893).
Born in Putnam County, Georgia, Lamar moved to Mississippi in 1849. He joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi as adjunct professor of . . . — — Map (db m219857) HM
On Dormitory Row West, 0.1 miles west of Dormitory Row North, on the right when traveling west.
This building was dedicated in honor of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870), second president of the University of Mississippi.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Longstreet graduated from Yale and studied at Tapping Reeve's Litchfield, Connecticut, . . . — — Map (db m219895) HM
On University Circle at University Avenue, on the left when traveling west on University Circle.
Lyceum — The Circle
Historic District
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This district possesses national significance in
commemorating the history of the United States of America . . . — — Map (db m103003) HM
On Sorority Row north of Northgate Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Named in honor of
James Wesley Silver
(1907-88)
History professor (1936-64)
“He changed my life,” wrote a distinguished alumnus of this
intellectually stimulating teacher, department chair (1946-57),
president of Southern Historical . . . — — Map (db m219852) HM
Agence France-Presse journalist Paul Guihard was one of more than 300 journalists who watched the chaos surrounding the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. He was murdered on campus near the student union around 9 P.M., . . . — — Map (db m102889) HM
On University Circle at Library Lane, on the right when traveling south on University Circle.
The Lyceum, which opened for the first University of Mississippi class in 1848, symbolizes the origins, endurance, and triumphs of higher education in Mississippi. During the Civil War, the building served as a hospital for Union and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m102753) HM
On University Circle, 0.2 miles west of Grove Loop, on the right when traveling west.
The Old Chapel was originally constructed in 1853 as a dormitory. Its design was later modified to include a large hall for student assemblies, commencement exercises, and meeting rooms for literary societies and student organizations. During the . . . — — Map (db m102675) HM
On Chapel Lane at South Poole Drive, on the left when traveling north on Chapel Lane.
The Mystical Seven secret fraternal
society, founded at Wesleyan
University in 1837, established
the Temple of the Star here at the
University of Mississippi in 1859. In
1879 the Temple of the Star merged its
members and rituals with Beta . . . — — Map (db m219844) HM
On University Avenue at University Circle, on the left when traveling west on University Avenue.
Front
To Our
Confederate Dead
1861-1865,
Left side
They fell devoted, but undying;
The very gale their names seem'd sighing:
The waters murmur'd of their name;
The woods were peopled . . . — — Map (db m102996) WM
Near Galtney-Lott Plaza west of University Circle.
Front
On October 1, 1962, James Meredith broke the rigid segregation in Mississippi's higher education when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Though federal courts had ordered his admission, . . . — — Map (db m102580) HM
On All American Drive at Hill Drive, on the right when traveling east on All American Drive.
This location was the site of some of the earliest intercollegiate athletic contests in the state of Mississippi. The University of Mississippi is documented to have played baseball here by spring, 1893, and the first Ole Miss football game was . . . — — Map (db m219849) HM
On University Circle, 0.2 miles west of Grove Loop, on the right when traveling west.
Constructed in 1889 at a cost of $35,000, this Romanesque Revival-style building served as the University's first library. Renamed in honor of James Alexander Ventress in 1985, this building has also served as the School of Law (1911-1929), State . . . — — Map (db m102677) HM
On County Road 387, 1 mile north of County Road 384, on the right when traveling north.
One of a number of bridge and ford
sites on the Yocona River, the
Dallas Jones Crossing was known
as Free Bridge at the time of the
Civil War. In 1898, during a Yellow
Fever outbreak in the Taylor and
Orwood communities, this crossing,
named . . . — — Map (db m235120) HM
