Oaks Museum House

The Oaks House Museum was founded in 1960, and is located at 823 N Jefferson St in Jackson. Additional information is available at www.theoakshousemuseum.org or by contacting Linda Robertson at (601) 353-9339.

Welcome to The Oaks House Museum - the historic pre-Civil War home of Jackson, Mississippi mayor home James Hervey Boyd and his family. The house is a Greek Revival-style cottage and considered one of Mississippi's oldest dwellings. It was built as an urban farmstead around 1853 on four acres of land located near the center Jackson.

Welcome to the Boyd House, “The Oaks,” one of Jackson’s oldest dwellings. This Greek Revival-style cottage was built about 1853 on 4 acres of land located near the center of Mississippi’s capital city. The house is one of few extant structures that survived the burning of Jackson in the Civil War.

Thought to be the oldest standing house in Jackson, this handsome residence was built by James Hervey Boyd, Jackson's three-time mayor during the 1850s. Now owned by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, the museum is furnished with period furniture throughout, including a sofa from Abraham Lincoln's law office in Springfield, Illinois. The guided tour takes about half an hour and...