OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK

OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK

OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK Alexander Heilner
Photo 2 of OXFORD MEWS COMMERCIAL BLOCK Former Oxford Bank Municipal Building
c. 1878. 103–107 S. Morris St.

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.

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