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The house sits back behind a beautiful front lawn. All photos by Sarah Beth Wiley.

Throughout the house you see details from the era.

The library and former master bedroom would have been for reading and having tea, watching the afternoon light. Though most antebellum homes had all bedrooms on the second or third floors, Turner wanted his master bedroom to be the on the ground level.

The small couch seen here is covered with horse hair.

Clippings from local papers about the property are the only modern element you’ll see.

The loom displayed upstairs looks as though it was just being used to weave something beautiful.

This bed, with trundle, would have been for extra company.

An antebellum dress stands in the corner of an upstairs bedroom.

An upstairs bedroom with vintage furniture from the period, including a four-poster bed.

Visitors are prompted not to sit on the antique furniture.

The front door upstairs leads to a small balcony.

The Tates overlook the beloved Cedar Oaks. Mary Alice Tate was a leading force in saving Cedar Oaks in 1963 and served as an organizer and director of The Pilgrimage that helped to retire the mortgage on the house.

Whispers of light lay over this upstairs bedroom featuring a canopy bed.

This was known as a fainting couch, for when women passed out from cinching their corsets too tight.

A beautiful baby bed, with rocking chair at the side, would lull children to sleep.

These antique dolls lay quietly in a crib on the floor of the children’s room.

These signs are seen throughout Oxford, telling the stories of our historic landmarks.