Rowan Oak
Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee. Faulkner purchased the house when it was in disrepair in 1930 and did many of the renovations himself. Other renovations were done in the 1950s. One of its more famous features is the outline of Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Fable, penciled in graphite and red on the plaster walls of his office. It is now owned and operated by the University of Mississippi as a museum, and is open to visitors year-round.
William Faulkner House | |
Rowan Oak | |
Interactive map showing the location of Rowan Oak | |
| Location | Old Taylor Road, Oxford, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34.3598°N 89.5247°W |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Col. Robert Sheegog |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 68000028 |
| USMS No. | 071-OXF-0502-NHL-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1968 |
| Designated NHL | May 23, 1968 |
| Designated USMS | January 15, 1986 |
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