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OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK

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c. 1878. 103–107 S. Morris St.
  • (Alexander Heilner)
  • (Alexander Heilner)
  • Former Oxford Bank (Alexander Heilner)
  • Municipal Building (Alexander Heilner)

The T-intersection of Market and Morris streets marks the center as Oxford’s municipal and commercial area. The waterfront town park between Morris Street and the Tred Avon River at this location appears on the 1707 plat. The two-story frame commercial building at 103–107 S. Morris, constructed during Oxford’s post-railroad economic boom, houses three stores with early display windows. The ensemble is unified by the original decorative parapet and an early-twentieth-century porch. The one-story gable-front former store (c. 1900) at 101 S. Morris now serves as the Oxford Museum. The brick municipal building located across Market Street (1932; 100 N. Morris) moved those functions from a now demolished building nearby. Also noteworthy is the former Oxford Bank (1916–1917; 202 S. Morris), a one-story brick classical building designed by Easton architect Frank Ross.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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What's Nearby

ACADEMY HOUSE (BRATT HOUSE)
ROBERT MORRIS INN
RATCLIFFE MANOR
THE OLD INN
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK", [, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-ES55.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 120-121.

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