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Home to William Faulkner and his family for over 40 years, Rowan Oak was originally built in 1844 and stands on over 29 acres of land just south of the Square in Oxford. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built by Robert Sheegog. Rowan Oak was the family home of the Faulkners until 1962, the year of William Faulkner’s death. In 1972, Jill Faulkner Summers sold the house to the University of Mississippi to secure it as a place for people worldwide to learn about her father and his work.

Windsor Ruins are located in Claiborne County about 10 miles southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. The ruins consist of 23 standing Corinthian columns of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion ever built in the state. The mansion stood from 1861 to 1890, when it was destroyed by fire. The 2.1-acre site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1985.