Image by C. B. Chryst 1003 So. Lamar Oxford, MS Circa 1895. Victorian style/renovation/additions in 1995   (Francis) Marion "Mattie" Stowers (1848-1924) built the Victorian style home. The construction of the new house was on the southern portion of the property that had burned about 30 years earlier in 1864. He wed twice: Mattie Porter Stowers (1859-1899) and then likely her sister Lizzie Porter Stowers (1865-1943). The Stowers lived there until about Mattie's death. Later P

412 University Ave.( and Fifth St.) Oxford, MS Circa 1880. 2-story Italianate style home Horace Hewlett Walton (1848-1891) and Lydia Lewis Walton Young (1854-1925) built this home. They wed in 1875. He owned a hardware store on the Oxford Square. After her husband’s death, Lydia boarded Ole Miss students. She remarried to Dr. Alfred Alexander Young from Como, MS. Their son, Stark, and daughter, Julia, moved in. Stark was a novelist, playwright, and critic. In 1925, the First

637 North Lamar Bl Oxford, MS Circa 1859-post Civil War. Italianate style Image from White Pillars This beautiful home was built by Thomas Evans Bedgegood (E.B.) Pegues (1812-1874) and Charlotte Johnson Pegues Pegues (1814-1883). The first cousins wed 1834. It was started in 1859. His grandfather came from England and resided in Charleston, SC amassed a plantation about 20,000 acres large. His son moved to Alabama and created a large plantation there. Pegues was from South C

916 Old Taylor Rd. Oxford, MS Circa 1844. 2-story Greek Revival plantation home with gardens Image by Wescbell The home was built south of the Oxford Square by Col. Robert B. Shegog (1801-1860) and Mary Easley Sheegog (1807-1871). They wed in 1823. He was an Irish planter from Tennessee. The Shegog family resided there until 1872 with four acres. Shegog had a general store on Oxford Square.  The Bailey family lived there from 1872-1923. John M. Bailey (1821-1877) and (Cynth

601 Murray St. (orig. address 400 North Lamar) Oxford, MS Circa 1859. 2-story Greek Revival home Image by fredlyfish4 At the eve of the Civil War, William G. Turner his home on North Lamar. Turner was a local planter and builder. He is responsible for the Shegog home/ Rowan Oaks, the Compson House, Ammadell, The Magnolias and the Vineyard, among others. Turner also helped build several Ole Miss buildings. In 1842, he and others helped found First Baptist Church. The Turner fa

803 University Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1878. 2-story Italianate style home The home which sits astride a hill on University Ave. overlooking the road. Capt. Andrew Jackson Baker was the builder. Baker (1842-1912) and Corinne Jordan Kearney (1851-1872) wed in 1868 After her death, he remarried to Elizabeth "Bettie" Newome Kearney (1849-1918) in 1872. This home and “Fiddler’s Folly” were the first two substantial homes built after the Civil War. He was part of the “University Gre

634 N. Lamar Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1865.Original single story frame home/ remodeled to a 2.5 story Neoclassic The home was built by August Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870) and Frances"Minnie" Eliza Parke Longstreet (1799-1869). Longstreet was a lawyer, judge, publisher, Methodist minister and a prominent educator in the South: twice the Chancellor of the Univ. of Mississippi; president of South Carolina College (now Univ. of South Carolina); and president of Emory College (now

1215 So. 11th St. Oxford, MS Circa 1837. Gable-roofed, wood frame Greek Revival cottage Several sources gave varied accounts of the origin of the home. Most likely, David Craig (1783-1849) was the builder of the cottage. He was one of the first settlers in the area. He was married twice: Mary "Polly" Gaie Craig (1791-1851)(m.1828) and Nancy Stockard Craig (1783-1828), In the 1850s, Edward Hustace (1829-1905) and Martha F. Andrews Hustace (1843-1918) purchased it. He was a loc

619 Van Buren Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1872. 2-story Carpenter Gothic style The first owner is unknown. In 1939, Theora Alton Hamblett (1895-1977) purchased it. She had been a teacher near Paris, MS, and after her mother passed away, moved to Oxford. She split the home and made it a boardinghouse. She took night courses in the art department at Ole Miss in 1948. In 1954, she started an art career and became a nationally recognized “primitive” artist. She was the first Mississipp