{"id":126704,"date":"2023-02-22T13:57:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=126704"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:00:40","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-cedar-oaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-cedar-oaks\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cCedar Oaks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a show-stopper the day <strong>Cedar Oaks<\/strong> &#8220;up and split.&#8221; To make way for the coming <strong>Downtowner Motel<\/strong>, in late 1963 <strong>Hassel Smith<\/strong> (pictured standing at bottom left) watches as his former home he gave to <strong>Oxford <\/strong>is carried away after being cut in two and loaded up on trucks. The house survived the <strong>Civil War<\/strong>&#8216;s warring torches when locals stamped out the flames in the parlor as the <strong>Yankees <\/strong>galloped away up <strong>North Lamar<\/strong>. Thus, Cedar Oaks it is known to many as, &#8220;The house that would not die.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cedar-Oaks-Oxford-Mississippi-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cedar-Oaks-Oxford-Mississippi-02.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cedar-Oaks-Oxford-Mississippi-02.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cedar-Oaks-Oxford-Mississippi-02.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg?resize=640%2C473\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg?resize=1024%2C756&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg?resize=768%2C567&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22-JohnCofield-CedarOaks.jpg?w=1127&amp;ssl=1 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a show-stopper the day Cedar Oaks &#8220;up and split.&#8221; 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