The Oxford Historic District in

Oxford, Georgia Oxford is a city in Newton County, Georgia, Newton County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the city population was 2,134. It is the location of Oxford College of Emory University. Mu ...

is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

that was listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

(NRHP) in 1975. It includes

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

, and

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

architecture amidst 23

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

, one being

Orna Villa Orna Villa, also known as the Alexander Means House and the Means/Tanner House, is a historic Greek Revival house located on Emory Street in Oxford, Georgia. Built in 1825, it is the oldest house in Oxford. The house is a work of Richard K. Dea ...

, which is separately NRHP-listed. It also includes two

contributing sites In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

and one other

contributing structure In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

. The boundaries of the district today includes all of

Oxford College of Emory University Oxford College of Emory University (Oxford College) is a residential college of Emory University, a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Oxford college is located in Oxford and specializes in the foundations of liberal arts educati ...

, the "Old Church", two cemeteries, two commercial establishments, and many residences built by Emory College-related people. The contributing structures on the college campus include Seney Hall, Language Hall, the "Old Gym", the Prayer Chapel, Candler Hall, Haygood Hall, Few Hall, Pierce Hall, Phi Gamma Hall, a

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cemetery, and the Allen Memorial Church. A marble shaft monument in the center of the quad dedicated by the Masonic Lodge of Georgia to Emory's first President

Ignatius Alphonso Few Ignatius Alphonso Few was an attorney, farmer, and preacher who was selected to lead "a school for manual labor", which subsequently failed and was replaced by a program for “sub-freshmen” at the newly established Emory College. Few became the ...

is a contributing monument. Other contributing structures in the residential neighborhood include the Oxford Cemetery, the Old Church, and houses built by Emory College's founders. File:Allen Memorial.JPG, The Young J. Allen Jr. Memorial Church File:Few Monument.JPG, Few Monument File:Orna Villa.JPG, The

House File:Phi Gamma Hall (1975).png, Phi Gamma Hall File:Seney Hall.JPG, Seney Hall

References

Greek Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Renaissance Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Geography of Newton County, Georgia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub