HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY. State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS MDAH Inventory Code 099

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1 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic Production Credit Association 1. b. Property Name, Common 2. Property Address 914 Van Buren Avenue 14. MDAH nventory Code County Lafayette 16. City Oxford r 3. Legal Description 86Q: USGS Quad Map 19. Ownership 22. Condition 21. UTM Reference private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use 24. Principal Materials office office brick 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. Post Historic Changes ca Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Styie Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) Brief Description: One-story, four-bay, brick veneered office building with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Pyramidal roof covered with asphalt shingles, with box cornice and frieze. Windows are 6/6 and 2/2 double-hung sashes, some in groups of three, with pendimented lintels. Entrance set in recessed vestibule and has a six-panel door in a pedimanted surround. 30. Historical nformation: 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

2 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~-r-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame 38. Photo Date John Hopkins 3551 :6 January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category! 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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4 State of Mississippi artment of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic Ritz Theater 1. b. Property Name, Common 2. Property Address 921 Van Buren Avenue (917 Van Buren Avenue) HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH 100 County Lafayette City Oxford nventory Code, 3. al Description 860: Ownership 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use theater offices 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes 1 including 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Architect 11. Builder/Contractor Principal Materials artificial stucco dates of association Post Historic Changes altered ca Architectural Style French Colonial Rev. 13. Outbuildings or Secondary atures (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: Two-story, three-bay, brick masonry theater building, built ca and altered with French Colonial Revival influence in ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parpapet and corbeled cornice. Corners articulated with quoins. terior walls covered with synthetic stucco veneer. Windows are 6/6 double-hung, metal-frame replacement sashes. Entrance set in alcove and contains a multi-panel double-door, leaded sidelights and elliptical fan light. 30. Historical nformation: The Sanborn maps indicate construction of this building between 1925 and The drastic alterations done in ca make the original building unrecognizable. 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

5 ~SSSSPP 0 age 2 HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 32. Additional Remarks or nformation: 36. Photographer/Source John Hopkins 37. Photo Roll/Frame 3551 : Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 38. Photo Date January, Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/H.i\ER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N N nventory # Other HPD nformation Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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7 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Bottletree Bakery 2. Property Address 923 Van Buren Avenue 14. MDAH nventory Code ' County Lafayette 16. City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 20. USGS Quad Map 21. UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use 24. Principal Materials restaurant restaurant brick 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. Post Historic Changes ca Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Minimalist Tradition 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, two-bay, brick masonry commercial block with Minimalist Traditional influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with plain parapet, simple corbeled belt course, and stone coping. Storefront has a multi-light transom, single-light, fixed sash display windows, and a side, recessed entrance containing a single-light, metal frame door topped with a single-light transom. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate that this building was built after 1948; city directories indicate its construction prior to Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

8 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District 1 Apparently Not Eligible 1 nsufficient nformation! Not Extant J b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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10 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY -~~-~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~,-1-4~-~,-1D_A_H~--n_v_e_n_t_o_r_y~-C-o_d_e~~---i 1 a Property Name Historic 1 First Presbyterian '. Church b. Property Name, Common 1 5. County Lafayette '),_. Property Address 16. City 924 Van Buren Avenue Oxford i! 3. Legal Description 20. USGS Quad Map 860: Ovmershi p 22. Condition 21. UTM Reference private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use 24. Principal Materials church church brick i 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including dates of association 8. Date of Construction Historic Changes 23. Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Romanesque Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) i 12. Brief Description: One-story, three-bay, center-aisle church sanctuary with Romanesque Revival influence, built Gable roof covered with asphalt shingles, with peaked parapet, with corbeled brick parapet. Facade features a square bell tower rising from the roof, capped with a flared pyramidal roof; side facades have engaged stepped buttresses. Windows are double-hung multi-light stained glass sashes in semi-circular arched reveals. Entrance features a multi-panel double-door topped with a stained 30. Historical nformation: Built to replace the original church of 1837 after it was burned during the Civil War. 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

11 MSSSSPP HSTO~C Page 2 RESOURCES NVENTORY 32. Additional Remarks or nformation: #12, cont'd.: glass transom set in a semi-circular arched surround. 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551 :9 38. Photo Date January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 1 ~~~~~~~~~ Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Lo ca 1 Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. A 1 ready Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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13 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic 1 4. MDAH 103 nventory Code, 1. b. Property Name, Common First Presbyterian Church Education Bldg. 15. County Lafayette 2. Property Address 16. City 924 (a) Van Buren Avenue Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use Sunday school bldg. Sunday School bld. 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 24. Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: Two-story, four-bay, brick-veneered Sunday School building with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Hip roof covered with asphalt shingles, with box cornice and gable dormers containing louvered vents. Side facade facing church yard has front-projecting wings. Windows are 6/6 double-hung sashes. Entrance contains six-panel double-doors topped with a multi-light transom and a segmental-arched pediment. 30. Historical nformation: 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

14 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page , 32. Additional Remarks or nformation: _ 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551 :9 38. Photo Date January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N N nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date.. J

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16 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Trailways Bus Station 2. Property Address 925 Van Buren Avenue HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1 4. MDAH nventory Code County Lafayette 1 6. City Oxford 3. Legal Description 20. USGS Quad Map 860: Ovmershi p 22. Condition private fair 21. UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use service station office 24. Principal Materi a 1 s brick 6 & 7 S1gn1f1cant persons events themes including dates of assoc1at1on ' ' ' 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. Post Historic Changes ca Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, nine-bay, cast stone drive-through service station with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet covered with exterior plywood siding above a hip roofed canopy ocvered with wooden shake shingles. Recessed, drive through area supported by masonry piers covered with stucco struck with rubblestone pattern. Two, three-bay storefronts have two-light transoms, single-light display windows and paneled bulkheads; to the side is 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

17 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: ~12, cont'd: a three-bay equipment entrance with two-light transoms above bead board double-doors. Entrance contains a single-light door. 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551 : Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date Attach Photograph of 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. A 1 ready Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date J

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19 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b' Property Name, Common Rebel Press (part) 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH 105 County Lafayette City Oxford nventory Code 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ovmershi p 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 24. Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Minimalist Traidtion 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, six-bay, brick masonry, two-unit commercial building with Minimalist Traditional influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet and brick belt courses. Two storefronts each contain groups of single-light, fixed-sash display windows, brick bulkheads, and recessed entry bays containing single-light replacement doors topped with obscured transoms. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate this building constructed between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

20 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Ovmer' s Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551: Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date Attach Photograph of 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HASS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. A 1 ready Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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22 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 14. MDAH nventory Code b. Property Name, Common Union Planter's Mortgage/As Seen On TV 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue 15. County Lafayette 1 6. City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 20. USGS Quad Map 21. UTM Reference 24. Principal Materials brick 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including dates of association 8. Date of Construction ca Architect 9. Historic Changes 11. Builder/Contractor 23. Post Historic Changes pt. altered c Architectural Style Art Moderne 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, nine-bay, brick masonry commerical building with Art Moderne influence, built ca as a three-unit commecial block; one of the bays (1002) was altered in ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with plain parapet and (1004) added Mansard metal roof with dentil cornice. Storefronts are divided by fluted stucco pilasters and have (1002) two bays with obscured transoms, single-light display windows, brick bulkheads, and multi-light replacement 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

23 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: #12, continued: doors; and (1004) a replacement storefront with infill brick veneer, 6/6 double-hung sashes in segmental arched reveals, and a recessed replacement six-panel door. 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551:12, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HASS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C +-~~~_n_v_e~n_t_o_r_y~#~~2-4~~~~~j 42. Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed ~JR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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25 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Rebel Press (part) 2. Property Address 1005 Van Buren Avenue HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH nventory Code " 107 County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 24. Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Style Minimalist Tradition 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-stroy, three-bay, brick masonry commercial building with Minimalist Traditional influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet, corbeled cornice and a basketweave brick belt course. Storefront has pairs of single-light display windows, brick bulkheads, and a single-light, metal-frame door toped with an obscured transom. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate that this building was constructed between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

26 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551 : Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Attach Photograph 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District '! Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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28 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic Lyric Theater 1. b. Property Name, Common Copy Time 2. Property Address 1006 Van Buren Avenue ( 1024 Van Buren Avenue) HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH 108 County Lafayette City Oxford nventory Code 3. Legal Description 860: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use theater offices 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca rd fl. rem Architect 11. Builder/Contractor USGS Quad Map UTM Reference Principal Materials brick dates of association Post Historic Changes modified ca Architectural Style talianate 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: Two-story, eight-bay, brick masonry theater building and flanking retail bays with talianate influence, built ca and modified in ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with stepped parapet and corbeled cornice. Facade features a suspended, replacement segmental-arched and label sheet metal canopy. Windows are 1/1 replacement double-hung sashes in segmental-arched reveals. Street level has modified storefronts with multi-light doors and multi-light transoms, 30. Historical nformation: 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

29 ~SSSSPP ::Jage 2 HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 32. Additional Remarks or nformation: #12, cont'd: some enclosed joorways, and three sets of multi-light doors with multi-light sidelights, topped with a segmental-arched, multi-light transom. 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551: Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Attach Photograph Date of 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N N nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Eva 1 uat ion a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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31 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Purvis' Pool Hall 2. Property Address 1009 Van Buren Avenue HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 14. MDAH nventory Code County Lafayette 16. City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use 24. warehouse commercial 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including USGS Quad Map UTM Reference Principal Materials brick and concrete dates of association 8. Date of Construction ca Historic Changes Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Post Historic Changes storefront, ca Architectural Style talianate 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important)! 12. Brief Description: One-story, nine-bay, brick masonry and reinforced concrete warehouse block with talianate influence, built ca Flat roof covered with asphalt roofing, with flat parapet, corbeled dentil cornice, and recessed attic panels. Sorefronts altered with brick infill and banks of three single-light, fixed display windows. Entrance altered in size to contain a replacement metal-frame, single-light door. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1916 and 1925, for an original use as a grocery warehouse. 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

32 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional rks or nformation: 36. Photographer/Source John Hopkins 37. Photo Roll/Frame 3551 : Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Attach Photograph 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N N nventory # Other HPO nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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34 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History o.o. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic 1 4. MDAH 11 0 nventory Code 1. b. Property Name, Common Whitwell Law Firm, Mortgage Guarantee 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue Co County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including USGS Quad Map UTM Reference Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Post Historic Changes Architectural Style 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, six-bay, brick masonry, two-unit commercial building with Minimalist Traditional influence, built ca Flat roof with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet and stone coping. Two recessed storefronts have : (1101) multi-light transoms, single-light display windows, and a single-light door; and, (1105) obscured transoms, single-light display windows, a hip-roofed hood over entrance supported by metal poles, and a multi-panel replacement door. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate construction of this building between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

35 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551 : Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Attach Photograph Date of 38. Photo Date January, 2000 Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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37 State of Mississi~pi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic 1 4. MDAH nventory Code 1. b. Property Name, Common Garrett Walker Firm, University 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue Realty County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 860: Ovmershi p 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial office 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor Principal Materials brick dates of association Post Historic Changes Storefronts, ca Architectural Sty1e Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, three-bay, two-unit brick masonry commercial building with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with a flat parpaet, corbeled dentil cornice, recessed sign panel and corbeled attic panels. Storefronts altered with (1102) stucco veneer, board and batten siding, 6/6 double-hung metal sash windows, a brick wainscot, and a six-panel replacement door, and has its original cast iron pilasters; and, (1104) weatherboard siding, 1/1 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate contruction between 1900 and Cast iron pilasters marked "Chickasaw ronworks, Memphis, Tenn." 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

38 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: #12, cont'd: double-hung sashes, a single-light replacement door, and has original cast iron pilasters. 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551: Photo Date January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HASS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N N nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Al ready Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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40 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Gathright-Reed Drug Co., Marchbanks 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH 112 County Lafayette City Oxford nventory Codec 3. Legal Description 86Q:158, Ovmershi p 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor Principal Materials brick dates of association Post Historic Changes storefronts, c Architectural Style talianate 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, two-bay, two-unit brick masonry commercial block with talianate influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet, corbeled cornice and attic panels. Storefronts have (1106) a full-width transom, four-light display windows, tiled bulkheads, and cast iron pilasters, and a single-light door topped by a single-light transom; and, (1108) weatherboard siding, replacement twenty-light, fixed display windows, brick bulkheads, original 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1900 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

41 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Add i l i on a 1 Re rn a r - ks o r, n f o un a l i on : # 1 2, c: on t i n u e d : ca s t i ( on p i 1 as t e r s, a.nd entr"'ar1ce coverecj wi lh shed hoou cor1taining a multi-igi1t (-eplacemer1t dour. 35. Owner'' s Name and Addn::::>s 36. Photographer/Source 37. John Hopkins Photo Ro 11 Fr ame 3551: Form by Hoµk ins & Associates, iviemph is, TN 38. Photo Date J a ri u a r y, Survey Project Date of Fonn Januar y, 2000 Attach Photograph j MDAH NFORMATON 127. "8 1.::. 29. Category Fur1ct i or1a 1 Type Registration NHL Listed NR n N R D i s t r' i c t Feder a 1 DOE State Landrnark Loe al Landrnar k n Local District HABS/HAER Status/Dates Distr ict Name Oxford Courthouse Sq Ratir1g C/N C n v e n t o r y # Other HPD nformation J. a. b. i Evaluation 1 Already Listed NK ndividually Eligible El i g i bl e i f Rest or e u Contribute to District Apparently No! Eligib~e nsufficient informat1on1 Not Extant Area(s) of Significance j c. Evaluated by/date i

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43 State of Mississippi Jepartment of Archives and History.::i.o. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic Denton Furniture Company 1. b. Property Name, Common Off-Square Books 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue 1 4. MDAH nventory Code County Lafayette 16. City Oxford, 3. Legal Description 20. USGS Quad Map 860: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial commercial 21. UTM Reference 24. Principal Materials brick 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. Post Historic Changes ca altered ca Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) See form for 1110 Van Buren, Rear-- Denton furniture Company Warehouse. Styl-e 12. Brief Description: One-story, five-bay, brick masonry commercial building built in ca and altered with Minimalist Traditional influence in ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with a flat parapet and stone coping. Storefront features a mezzanine-level display area above stepped and canted display alcove with single-light fixed display windows, tiled bulkheads, tiled apron, and center, single-light door with a single-light transom. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate that this structure was built between 1900 and 1905; there does not appear to be a replacement building constructed between the 1916, 1925 and 1948 map series, which suggests that the front facade was the only part of the building changed in the 1930s. 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

44 ~SSSSPP :>age 2 HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 32. Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address 39. Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Li ed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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46 State of Mississippi Jepartment of Archives and History =>.Q. Box 571 Jackson, MS a. Property Name, Historic 1. b. Property Name, Common Denton furniture Company Warehouse 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue, rear HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY MDAH 11 4 County Lafayette City Oxford nventory Code 3. Legal Description 86Q: Ownership 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use warehouse warehouse 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 24. Principal Materials wood frame dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca siding, ca Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 11. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Sty1e Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, one-bay, frame warehouse building with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Gable roof covered with asphalt shingles, with box cornice and cornice returns. Exterior walls covered with pressed sheet metal siding and asphalt roll siding. Windows are 6/6 double-hung sashes. Entrance contains a replacement plywood, cross-buck rolling door. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate construction of this building between 1900 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

47 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address Attach 29. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE ate Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER District Name Oxford Courthouse Rating C/N C nventory # N/A Other HPD nformation Sq. 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. aluated by/date

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49 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic 14. MDAH 11 5 nventory Code 1. b. Property Name, Common Old Venice Pizza Comp nay 2. Property Address Van Buren Avenue County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 860: Ownership 22. Condition private fair USGS Quad Map UTM Reference 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use commercial restaurant 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 24. Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Post Historic Changes gallery, ca Architectural Sty re Colonial Revival 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: Two-story, three-bay, brick masonry commercial building with Colonial Revival influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet and added Mansard cornice. Two-story, full-width shed-roofed replacement gallery supported by simple posts. Windows are 6/6 double-hung sashes. Storefront has a multi-light strip transom, single-light display windows, and a recessed single-light, two-panel door. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1910 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

50 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3551: Photo Date January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HABS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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52 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic old Mayor's Office, Town of Oxford 14. MDAH 11 6 nventory Code 1. b. Property Name, Common Mitchell, McNutt, et a 1, Law Office 2. Property Address 1216 Van Buren Avenue County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 20. USGS Quad Map 86Qfr 19. Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use 24. office office 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including 8. Date of Construction ca Historic Changes Architect 11. Builder/Contractor UTM Reference Principal Materi a 1 s brick dates of association Post Historic Changes gallery, ca Architectural Style talianate 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, three-bay, brick masonry commercial building with talianate influence, built ca Flat roof covered with built-up asphalt roofing, with flat parapet with corbeled cornice and attic vents. Full-width, shed-roofed, replacement porch canopy supported by cast iron posts, with added metal lattice frieze. Storefront has single-light transoms, four-light display windows, paneled bulkheads, cast iron pilasters and a recessed, center, single-light, single-panel door. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate construction between 1910 and Originally used for the offices of the Mayor of Oxford, according to the Sanborn maps. 31. Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

53 MSSSSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY Page Additional Remarks or nformation: 35. Owner's Name and Address 36. Photographer/Source 37. Photo Roll/Frame John Hopkins 3554: lf 38. Photo Date January, Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 40. Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 Attach Photograph MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type _..., 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HASS/HAER 29. District Name Oxford Courthouse Sq. Rating C/N C nventory # Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a..a. l ready Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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55 State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 1. a. Property Name, Historic New ce Company 14. MDAH 11 7 nventory Code 1. b. Property Name, Common ce House of Oxford 2. Property Address 1403 Van Buren Avenue County Lafayette City Oxford 3. Legal Description 86R: Ownership 22. Condition private fair 4. Former/Historic Uses 5. Present Use ice house ice house 6 & 7. Significant persons, events, themes, including USGS Quad Map UTM Reference Principal Materials brick dates of association 8. Date of Construction 9. Historic Changes 23. ca Post Historic Changes 10. Architect 1 1. Builder/Contractor 25. Architectural Styie Minimalist Tradition 13. Outbuildings or Secondary Features (use sep. form if important) 12. Brief Description: One-story, three-bay, brick masonry ice plant with Minimalist Traditional influence, built ca Flat roof covered with a built-up asphalt roof, with flat parapet and tile coping. Facade features a side, one-bay loading dock to side of building. Windows are nine-light, metal-frame jalosied sashes, in pairs, and reveal filled with glass block. Entrance has singel-light, two-panel double doors topped with a single-light transom. 30. Historical nformation: Sanborn maps indicate the construction of this building between 1925 and Historical Contexts: 33. Sources of nformation:

56 SSPP HSTORC RESOURCES NVENTORY 3ge 2 2. Additional Remarks or nformation: 5. Owner's Name and Address 56. Photographer/Source John Hopkins 37. Photo Roll/Frame ~4! 6?SbZ.: Form by Hopkins & Associates, Memphis, TN 38. Photo Date January, Survey Project Oxford Date of Form January, 2000 MDAH NFORMATON 26. Category 27. Functional Type 28. Registration Status/Dates NHL Listed NR n NR District Federal DOE State Landmark Local Landmark n Local District HASS/HAER 29. District Name Rating C/N X C... nventory # 42. Other HPD nformation 43. Evaluation a. Already Listed NR ndividually Eligible Eligible if Restored Contribute to District Apparently Not Eligible nsufficient nformation Not Extant b. Area(s) of Significance c. Evaluated by/date

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