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| The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is representative of the 150-year history of commerce, local government, and religious institutions in the city of Oxford, Mississippi. Rebuilt after its destruction during the Civil War, the courthouse and its square were later immortalized by the pen and presence of the acclaimed writer William Faulkner, whose legendary Yoknapatawpha County and town of Jefferson were fictive prototypes for the author's native Lafayette County and city of Oxford. A cohesive and architecturally significant ensemble of mid- to late-nineteenth-century buildings, the district also typifies early nineteenth-century principles of town planning as practiced widely in Mississippi. |
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