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Rowan Oak, Home of William Faulkner

c. 1840. Home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner from 1930 until 1962. View the outline of his famous novel, A Fable, written in the author's own hand on his study wall.

Location Address:
Old Taylor Rd.
Oxford, MS

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

St. Paul's was built in the early 1830s. Tennessee Williams's grandfather served as rector, and Williams was baptized here.

Location Address:
318 College Street
Columbus, MS

Tate County Genealogical Library and Archives

First-class genealogical research library for Northwest Mississippi. Contains over 2000 volumes, both hard copy and microfilm.

Location Address:
105 Court St. (Leroy Crockett Bldg.)
Senatobia, MS

Tennessee Williams Home

Thomas Lanier Williams, whom the world would come to know as "Tennessee," was born in Columbus on March 26, 1911. He spent his early childhood in this Victorian house, which was the home of his maternal grandparents. Tour the house and its Williams memorabilia. Williams always considered Columbus home, and thousands of visitors from around the world descend on Columbus each fall for the Tennessee Williams tribute.

Location Address:
300 Main Street
Columbus, MS

Tennessee Williams Welcome Center and Museum

The Tennessee Williams Welcome Center and Museum is the first home of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams. The author made history with well-known plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie.

Location Address:
300 Main Street
Columbus, MS

The Commons at Eudora Welty's Birthplace

The focus of The Commons at Eudora Welty’s Birthplace is to highlight Eudora Welty, to encourage an appreciation of all Mississippi writers, artists, and musicians and their works, and to promote creative endeavors here in Mississippi.

Location Address:
719 North Congress Street
Jackson, MS
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