National Register of Historic Places - Mississippi (MS), Lafayette County

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

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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

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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

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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