College Hill Presbyterian Church

College Hill Presbyterian Church, located just outside Oxford, Mississippi, USA, at College Hill, is an historic church and a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was organized as a local church on January 11, 1835, in the home of Alexander Shaw, one of the early Scot-Irish settlers in North Mississippi. Originally it was named Neriah Church, but shortly thereafter it was redesignated Ebenezer Church. In 1836, members migrated to this area and, on January 11, 1841, the church was renamed College Presbyterian Church in recognition of the founding of the North Mississippi College. In 1842, the congregation paid $400 for 23 acres (93, 000 m2) of land on which to construct a public place of worship. The sanctuary, built in 1844 under the direction of Francis Timmons, was the oldest Presbyterian structure in North Mississippi and the oldest church building of any denomination in the Oxford area. Constructed of bricks fired on the site, the building was completed in 1846 at a total cost of $2,809,75. The pulpit, the pews and the pew gates were the original furnishings. Events of interest include the encampment of these grounds by Union troops of General Grant and General Sherman, and the marriage of the author William Faulkner. The church is thought to be the model for some settings in Faulkner's novels. The

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