Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford

Name: Lafayette County Courthouse
Address: 265 N Lamar Blvd, Oxford, United States

#16 among attractions in Oxford

Greek Revival architecture

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The Lafayette County Courthouse is located in Oxford, Mississippi and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ()

Built: 1871 (153 years ago)Coordinates: 34°21'59"N, 89°31'8"W

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265 N Lamar BlvdOxford United States

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Lafayette County Courthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Rowan Oak, Statue of James Meredith, Barnard Observatory.

0.9 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford
25 min walk • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field is an outdoor athletic stadium located in University, Mississippi, United States. The stadium serves as the home for the University of Mississippi Rebels college football team. The stadium is named after Johnny Vaught and Judge William Hemingway.
0.6 miSW
William Faulkner, Museum, Historical place
Rowan Oak, Oxford
15 min walk • Rowan Oak is William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee.
1 miW
Memorial
Statue of James Meredith, Oxford
26 min walk • A statue of James Meredith stands on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The statue honors Meredith, a civil rights activist who integrated the university in 1962. The statue was dedicated in 2006 and is located near a portal, which collectively make up the Civil Rights Monument.
0.9 miW
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Greek Revival architecture
Barnard Observatory, Oxford
23 min walk • Barnard Observatory is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed as an observatory in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school.
0.4 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford
11 min walk • The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is a museum and two historic houses owned and operated by the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The museum is designed to appeal to both a popular and scholarly audience, with a collection that emphasizes objects of regional interest.
~740 ftW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford
4 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi. It is noted for its historic Gothic Revival church building at 113 S. 9th Street, which once served as the pro-cathedral for what is now the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.
1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Kennon Observatory, Oxford
26 min walk • Kennon Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Mississippi. Built in 1939 and located on the university's campus in Oxford, Mississippi, it was named after Dr.
0.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
Lucius Q. C. Lamar House, Oxford
12 min walk • The Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar House is a historic house museum at 616 North 14th Street in Oxford, Mississippi. Its mission is "to interpret the life and career of the distinguished 19th-century statesman L.Q.C. Lamar within the context of his times and to encourage the ideal of statesmanship in the 21st century".
0.8 miW
Museum, History museum
Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Oxford
22 min walk • The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States, including its culture.
~200 ftSW
34°21'57"N • 89°31'9"W
Southside Gallery, Oxford
1 min walk • Museum, Art museum
~430 ftSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Lyric Oxford, Oxford
3 min walk • The Lyric is a historical theater located in Oxford, Mississippi at 1006 Van Buren Avenue. It is one of North Mississippi's premiere live music venues, hosting a wide variety of acts.

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Which popular attractions are close to Lafayette County Courthouse?

Nearby attractions include Southside Gallery, Oxford (1 min walk), Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District, Oxford (2 min walk), The Lyric Oxford, Oxford (3 min walk), St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford (4 min walk).

Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford

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Lafayette County Courthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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Which popular attractions are close to Lafayette County Courthouse?