National Register of Historic Places

Isom Place

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
Listed
April 1, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
80002256

About this property

Isom Place is located at 1003 Jefferson Avenue in Oxford, Mississippi and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The home was constructed by Thomas Dudley Isom, a physician in Lafayette County. The exact dates of construction are lost, due in part to a lack of records from 1865 to 1883. The earliest version of the structure was a two or three bedroom cabin, but by 1840 Isom used the cabin as a core for the current home. At the age of thirty in 1856 Isom married Sarah McGehee of Abbeville, South Carolina. Lore reports that McGehee brought a shoot of a magnolia tree from South Carolina and planted it in the front yard of Isom Place; it is not known if the tree remains standing. Their daughter, Sarah McGehee Isom, would be born in the 1850s in this house and become the first female faculty member at the nearby University of Mississippi and the first female faculty member at a coeducational institution of higher education in the Southeast United States.

Location

1003 Jefferson Ave.
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
34.36917, -89.51956

Categories

EDUCATIONEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

North Lamar Historic District
Pre Contact
0.1 mi
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Pre Contact
0.2 mi
Lafayette County Courthouse
Civil War
0.2 mi
Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District
Listed
0.2 mi
Ammadelle
Early Republic
0.2 mi

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When was Isom Place listed on the National Register?

Isom Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Isom Place?

Isom Place is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Isom Place?

The period of significance for Isom Place is recorded as the pre_contact era, specifically around 1003.

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