Property

Location Information
(for the Y.M.C.A. Building Old Chapel)

Name:

Y.M.C.A. Building (Old Chapel) [Croft Institute of International Studies]

Address:

University of Mississippi

City/County:

Oxford, Lafayette County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1853

Architectural Styles(s):

Italian Renaissance

Registration Information

NHL Listing Date:

06 Oct 2008

NR District Name:

Lyceum-The Circle (2008)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

Mississippi Landmark Information

Designated:

08-20-1986

Recorded:

02-08-1988

Book/Vol. No.:

V. 386, p. 620

Context/Comments

One of the oldest buildings at the University of Mississippi, the YMCA Building was built in 1853.

It was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1986. It is a component of the Lyceum - The Circle Historic District, which was designated a National Historic Landmark on 6 October 2008.

This building is included in "The State of Mississippi – Historic Properties" (1982) (p. 14) and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.155, in the listing for University Circle, NC25.1).