Mississippi - Lafayette County - Historic Districts
Lafayette County Mississippi (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lyceum--The Circle Historic District and Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District, North Lamar Historic District, South Lamar Historic District.

The famous person William Faulkner is associated with one of more of the Lafayette County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lafayette County places including Calvert Vaux. Prominent architectural styles found in Lafayette Country are Greek Revival, Art Deco and Classical Revival.

Lyceum--The Circle Historic District (added 2008 - - #08001092)
University Circle, University of Mississippi , Oxford
Matthiasb, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History, Politics/Government, Law, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
North Lamar Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001181)
Roughly bounded by N 11th, Price, N 16th & Van Buren Sts. , Oxford
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Vaux, Calvert
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002257)
S. Lamar Blvd., Jackson and Van Buren Aves. , Oxford
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Art Deco
Historic Person:
Faulkner,William
Area of Significance:
Literature, Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
South Lamar Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000112)
S. Lamar Blvd. and University Ave. , Oxford
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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