“The Cumberland Presbyterians formed in Oxford about 1837, about the same time the town formed. Their first church was south of the town, but it burned, and in 1856 they bought a lot on South Street (South Lamar), about 100 yards south of The Square. There, on the west side, they built a large, brick church. This new building seated more people than any other building in Oxford, and the church members gladly allowed different groups to use the building.
When the Civil War came, the Lamar Rifles used the basement for an armory to store their muskets in, and they drilled in the basement on rainy days.
During The Depression of the 1930s, the congregation dwindled to nearly nothing. They could not afford a pastor or repairs on the old building. The last members mostly combined with First Presbyterian Church in Oxford, and the building and lot were sold for a fancy new thing called a supermarket.”
– Starke Miller
