You have to be ‘old’ Oxford –– from the 70′s and 80′s, and probably a drinker –– to have any clue at all as to what...
For the bicycle-riding kids of Oxford who grew up in the northeast slice of town, Avent Park can’t help but hold a few Summer’s worth of memories....
Founded by Nolan Blaylock in 1945, Blaylock’s Drug Store at 160 Courthouse Square anchored that corner of the square for 41 years. Much Oxford history went...
The large crowd at The Lyric Theater in Oxford that awaited the arrival of William Faulkner for the world premiere of Intruder in the Dust was...
Marion Randolph Hall owned and operated his blacksmith shop on Tyler Avenue in Oxford from just before World War I until the 1970s. About this true...
The home above is perhaps most commonly known as the Old Ethridge Home. Judge Ethridge owned the home before selling it in the early 1950. According...
Bluebirds still swoop through the old cedars, and deer and silver fox roam the ancient boxwoods. Quiet, except for the owls calling in the dark, and...
The Meek-Duvall-Doty House at 803 University Avenue was the first home of William Faulkner and his bride Estelle Oldham Franklin. They rented a portion of the...
This revealing turn-of-the-century shot depicts wagons in front of the Courthouse and Neilson’s Department Store. Neilson’s has anchored the Oxford Courthouse Square for 175 years....
The most fateful thing that happened to William Faulkner on his first Hollywood sojourn was meeting legendary director Howard Hawks. Hawks was already a well known...