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purchased it in 1930. He renamed the property "Rowan Oak" after the rowan tree of Scotland, symbolizing peace and security, and the live oak, symbolizing strength and solitude. Neither of those trees can be found on the property, but the grounds and surrounding woods of Rowan Oak contain hundreds of
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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
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virus. Rowan Oak was William Faulkner's private world, in reality and imagination, and he was fascinated with its history. During his time at Rowan Oak, Faulkner kept horses on the property for riding, jumping and, occasionally, fox hunting, and he would often attend athletics events at nearby Ole
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The house sits on four landscaped acres, surrounded by 29 acres of woods known as Bailey Woods. The original owners, The Sheegogs, lived in the home from 1844 to 1872. The home originally was designed with an L-shaped layout with a 450 square foot center hall connecting a parlor and dining room on
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purchased Rowan Oak. The home is preserved as it was at the time of Faulkner's death in 1962. The university maintains the home in order to promote Faulkner's literary legacy, and it is open to visitors year-round. The home has been visited by such writers as
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species of native Mississippi plants, most of which date back to antebellum times. The alley of cedars that line the driveway were common in the 19th century, as it was believed that cedar trees purified the air of the
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on the home's west side, and a fourth bedroom, as well as other structural changes. In the 1950s, he oversaw other updates, including the enclosing of the rear porch on the ground floor for use as a study or office.
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In 1872, the Bailey family purchased the home and resided there until 1923. Around the turn of the century, Julia Bailey added an indoor kitchen and pantry, enclosed a
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Inside Rowan Oak: short video about Faulkner and Rowan Oak, with Close-Ups of a Novel Draft that Faulkner Wrote on His Office Wall
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In the 1930s, Faulkner installed brick terraces with balustrades framing the front portico, added a porch off the dining room, a
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Faulkner's years spent at Rowan Oak were productive as he set stories and novels to paper, ultimately winning the
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one side with a library on the other. A quarter-turn stair led to the second floor and its three bedrooms.
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The current curator of Rowan Oak is William Griffith. Past curators include the novelists
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once repaired a faulty doorknob on the French door to Faulkner's study.
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Faulkner handwrote an outline to a plot of his 1954 novel
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The property had been unoccupied for seven years before
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in the servants' area, a front porch, and a bathroom.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Mississippi Landmark

Rowan Oak is located in Mississippi
Rowan Oak is located in the United States
Oxford, Mississippi
34°21′35″N 89°31′29″W / 34.3598°N 89.5247°W / 34.3598; -89.5247
Greek Revival
68000028
William Faulkner
Oxford, Mississippi
Greek Revival
University of Mississippi
dogtrot hallway
William Faulkner
yellow fever
porte-cochère
Nobel Prize for Literature
Pulitzer Prize
National Book Award

A Fable
University of Mississippi
John Updike
Czesław Miłosz
Charles Simic
Richard Ford
James Lee Burke
Bei Dao

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