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This home was built in stages 1866-1910 by John and Mary Oakes, free blacks who had moved to Yazoo City by the 1850s, and by their first son, Augustus J. Oakes, an educator and builder, who had established the Oakes Lumber Yard by 1900. The Oakes House was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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| HM Number | HM1GPD |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1995 |
| Placed By | The Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 4:00pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 742074 N 3636942 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.84386667, -90.41355000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 50.632', W 90° 24.813' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 50' 37.92" N, 90° 24' 48.78" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 662 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 300-326 S Monroe St, Yazoo City MS 39194, US |
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