Visiting Oxford with OLC Students

The afternoon Local Cultures class at Oxford Learning Center has started the walking tours of the city. The Theodora Hamblett House was the first stop on the tour after leaving campus.

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The next stop was First Presbyterian Church, originally established in 1836, the present building was constructed in 1881.  It was in the present church yard that Chickasaw Princess Hoka reportedly sold 640 acres to land speculators for the construction of Oxford and the University for $800.00.

Currently, Old Venice Pizza Co., the Gathright-Reed Drug Co. was built in 1923.

Built in 1866, Square Book's iconic building was one of the first buildings on the Square rebuilt after the burning in 1864 by federal troops.

 Neilson's Department Store established in 1839 (built in 1897) is the oldest continuously operating department store in the South.

City Hall was the first permanent federal building built in 1887.  The building became Oxford City Hall in 1974.

The newly renovated courtroom in the Lafayette County Courthouse, constructed in 1871.  Federal troops led by General Andrew Jackson Smith destroyed the courthouse and the Square on August 22, 1864.