British Telephone Box - Oxford, MS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 34° 21.997 W 089° 31.083
16S E 268440 N 3805680
A historic marker and a working pay phone, don't see that very often
Waymark Code: WMQ23Q
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2015
Views: 1
County of marker: Lafayette County
Location of marker: E. Jackson St. & Courthouse Square, city hall lawn, Oxford
Marker erected: August 18, 1995
Marker erected by: City of Oxford
Box donated by: John J. and Laura Morgan Valentine
Marker text:
BRITISH TELEPHONE BOX
c. 1930
Originally installed in the Oxfordshire, England country side during the reign of King George V, thus the King's Crown on each side above the windows. Taken out of service in 1991 by British Telecom and brought to America by John and Laura Valentine.