140 Lower Woodville Rd. Natchez, MS Circa 1859 but incomplete. 2.5-story octagonal home in Moorish style It is surrounded by a forest. About the last large home constructed pre-Civil War. Longwood is the largest octagonal house in the United States. Longwood was built for Dr. Haller Nutt (1816-1864) and Julia Augusta Williams Nutt (1822-1897) on 86 acres. They wed in 1840. His family owned Laurel Hill Plantation in JeffersonCo., MS. His father was Dr. Rush Nutt who was a phy

29 Learned's Mill Rd. Natchez, MS Original circa 1830/ rebuilt after fire in 1946-50 Magnolia Vale was built in the old, original part of Natchez called “Natchez Under-the-Hill.” This mansion is surrounded by a beautiful garden. Andrew Brown (1789-1871), Scottish natives, arrived in Natchez in the late 1820s. He found work at a sawmill which was on the Magnolia Vale property. Purchasing the sawmill a short time later, he expanded the business as a lumber businessman and had

1106 S. Lamar Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1858. 2-story Greek Revival style Located on S. Lamar Ave. the home was built by James Elihu Eades (1815-?) and Jane Ranklin Eades (1817-1906) in 1858. They wed in 1836. He was a merchant from Kentucky. Eades & Nelms was a dry goods store on Oxford Square in 1860. After the Civil War, Dr. John Thompson (1818-1875), the brother of Jacob Thompson, purchased the home with his wife Laura E. Hunt Thompson (1831-1903). The Thompson brothers resid

1 Bisland Rd. Natchez, MS Circa 1824 The home reflects the name - “a huge, comfortable, old-fashioned, country gentleman’s home.” Pine Ridge community and second oldest Bisland home in area William Bisland (1797-1847) and Mary Louisa Lavinia Witherspooon Bisland (1805-1873) built the mansion on land given by father John Bisland of Mount Airwell. They wed in 1820. Bisland was a planter. William's older brother owned Mistletoe. The author Elizabeth Bisland lived there. She w

9 Oakhurst Dr. Natchez, MS Circa 1838-1844. 1.5 story Greek Revival home of brick and stucco Courtesy of Jerry&RoyKlotz Hentry Chotard gave his daughter Catherine Chotard Eustis (1820-=1877) and her husband Horatio Sprague Eustis (1811-1858) land, and they built Oakland. She was the granddaughter of Maj. Stephen Minor, a member of the Spanish government in the Natchez territory, was the last governor under Spanish rule and held vast lands in the area. A native of Rhode Island

712 So. 11th St. (at Fillmore) Oxford, MS Circa 1856. 2-story Greek Revival style It is one of the best preserved antebellum homes in Oxford. This Greek Revival home was built in 1856 by William S. Neilson (1813-1892), an Oxford merchant and Mary Caroline Bowen Neilson (1826-1902). The inside of the home is a Maltese Cross, and originally the home sat on an entire city block. He arrived in Oxford in 1836 and started the first store in 1839 in a log cabin on what became the Ox

923 South 13th St. (at Buchanan) Oxford, MS Circa 1860 2-story timber frame Greek Revival style William Thompson (1818-1902) and Martha Ann Jones Thompson (1829-1877) built the home south of the Oxford Square. His parents were Nicholas and Lucretia V. Thompson, and Jacob Thompson’s brother. A cottage had been built in 1838 and was incorporated into the home because it needed to be finished quickly as the Civil War approached. Image from Southern Living When Dr. Josiah Thomas

1005 East Jackson Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1848. Greek Revival style home Thomas N. "Tom" Wendel was a prosperous Oxford merchant who operated his business in the 1840s/50s. The home survived the Oxford Square burning in 1864. Post-war, because of his reputation and huge volume of business, his "Yankee" creditors worked with him to settle old debts and resume their business with him. After the Civil War, the home served several purposes: a boarding house, a convalescent home, a

Was on 13th St. South (south of Buchanan St.) Oxford, MS Circa 1859. Dr. Robert Otway Carter (1810-1874) and Edmonia Fauntleroy Corbin Carter (1825-1917) were the first owners of the home. They wed in 1845. He was the great grandson of Robert “King” Carter of Virginia. The home is the twin of the Neilson-Culley Home. Dr. Carter succeeded in his practice and on his plantation. He and Edmonia had a large cotton plantation, Fair View, about 15 miles west of Oxford. The Carters h

910 Buchanan Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1855. James G. Trigg built this historic home. A Kentucky native, he started Oxford’s first "clothes-only" store on the Oxford Square in 1847. Trigg sold the home in 1861 to Robert E. Doyle. He was a local grocer and commission merchant. About 1970, Victorian columns and ornate trim were added. In 1887, it was bought by Wm. Faulkner’s grandfather, John Wesley Thompson (J.W.T.) Falkner (1848-1922), a local attorney and Sallie McAlpin Murray

911 So. Lamar (at Buchanan St.) Oxford, MS Circa 1870. 2-story Second Empire style with mansard roof The R-N-S Home was built from the burned ruins of the Confederate Gen. Taliaferis home. Charles Roberts (1831-1897) and Margaret E. McKee Roberts (1837-1890) constructed their home on this site. He was one of the first merchants and had a store, Roberts and Doyle dry good emporium, on Oxford Square. Roberts was a partner with Bem Price in a private bank called Southern Bank of

1012 University Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1842. William Harper Smither (1808-1876) constructed his family's home on University Ave. and So. 11th St. The home had two entrances. Smither was married thrice: Eveline R. Neil Smither (1812-1842)(m.1830); her sister Elizabeth R. Neil Smith (1820-1860)(m. 1843); and Sallie J. L. Hull Smither (1831-1898)(m.1861). He was a clerk of the LaFayette Co. Probate Court in 1839. Smither had a plantation north of Paris, MS. By 1851, the Nabors

Old Taylor Rd. Oxford, MS Circa 1853 It was originally a 20 room mansion built at what is now 315 Eagle Spring Rd. In 1844 Jacob Thompson moved to Oxford and purchased the home in 1846. He was a lawyer, a politician and planter. He was also a founding member of St. Peters Episcopal Church and a member of the first board of trust of the University of Mississippi as well as the president in1848. The Thompsons were one of the wealthiest planter families in Northern Mississippi.

616 N. 14th St. Oxford, MS Circa 1869. Greek Revival cottage Lamar House is a Greek Revival cottage built by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (L.Q.C.) Lamar, Jr. (1825-1893) and Virginia Longstreet Lamar (?-1884). He and his wife were Georgia natives. His family owned the Fairfield plantation in Georgia. Virgina's father was Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, president of Emory College. They wed in 1847. Originally, the 30 acres of land was extended to N. Lamar and the house had a gatewa

Was at 1701 Jackson Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1860. Large 2-story red brick home The home was built on the original Pontotoc Rd. - now East Jackson. Original owner, Dave Kennedy, an Oxford brick maker made the exterior walls 14 in. thick. The home was hidden behind woods on a high bank on the ridge. Because of financial difficulties prior to the Civil War, he had to sell/ the property to Huldric Price (1839-1903) and Lucy Carter Richards Price (1851-1924)(m.1872) of Oak Grove. Pr

Image by BobCummings 1003 Jefferson Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1843. 2-story planter style, Greek Revival Samuel Carothers, a local planter, built a three-room log cabin which became the original portions of this home in 1843. It was constructed at 1003 Jefferson Ave. as a 2 story planter style. Carothers died in 1845. Two years later, in 1847, Dr. Thomas Dudley Isom (?-1902) purchased the property. Isom was from Tennessee. About 1836, working as a young trading post clerk, he evi

520 N. Lamar Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1875. The first owners were Edmonica Carter Howry (/-1879) and Judge Charles Bowen Howry (1844-1928). They wed in 1869. She was the daughter of Dr. Robert Otway and Edmonica Carter Otway of the King Carter family of Virginia. Charles, an Oxford native, was the son of Judge James M. and Narcissa Howry. The judge was an attorney, a Mississippi House representative (1880-1884), a U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi (1885-1889

824 University Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1836 or 1858 (disagreement). Attorney and judge James Moorman Howry (1804- 1884), emigrated from Virginia to Oxford, MS. He was married to Narcissa Bowen Howry (1818-1870). He commenced construction of the home but was not finished until after the Civil War. Judge Howry served as a Trustee on the University of Mississippi board from 1844-1870. He was an original trustee of the Treasury Board. The judge hid the University of Mississippi gol

510 S. Lamar Blvd. Oxford, MS Circa 1931. The home was built on a portion of the city block owned by William Faulkner’s grandfather, J.W.T. Falkner “Young Colonel.” J.W.T. sold a parcel of the block to Standard Oil Company (which now had a Chevron gas station on it). This Falkner home was built by Murry Cuthbert Falkner (1870-1932) and Maud Butler Falkner (1871-1960). It is the only remaining portion of the estate of Col. J. W. T. Falkner. Murray worked as a young man at the

Was located on North 9th St. and University Oxford, MS Circa 1853. 2-story wood frame home James Elihu Eades (1816-1870), an Oxford merchant, and Jane Rankin Eades (1816-1906) built their home on North 9th St. and University Ave. They wed in 1863.Eades was a partner in Eades & Nelms, dry goods, with a store on the Oxford Square in 1860. About five years later, Eades built another house at 1109 S. Lamar Ave. (Eades-=Thompson House) and evidently moved. At some point, it their