{"id":1363,"slug":"thompson-chandler-house-oxford-mississippi","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Thompson-Chandler is the Compson's — the '59 Greek Revival that Faulkner used, the Benjy who was Edwin. The ghosts are the Terry's — the '87 book that recorded the wailing, the lady in white on the stairs. The ledger is the Neilson's — the account that Julia kept, the department store that tracked it.","The war was the interruption — the cottage that was attached unfinished, the '60 completion that never happened. The family was the model — the Chandlers who were the Compsons, the decline that Faulkner wrote. The Thompson-Chandler is the fictional — the house that's the novel's, the ghosts that are the family's.","The file keeps the Thompson-Chandler: the 1859 mansion, the Compson model, the Terry hauntings, and the Neilson ledger.","The Thompson-Chandler is the archive's Oxford file — the Compson house's ghosts."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Thompson-Chandler is the archive's Oxford file — the fictional family's home.","A house keeps its novel — the file's suggestion being that the Thompson-Chandler's hold is the Compson: the model that Faulkner used, the ghosts that Terry wrote, and the ledger that's the record."]}],"name":"Thompson-Chandler House","aliases":["Compson House"],"type":"HISTORIC_HOUSE","type_label":"Historic House","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites"],"desc":"Historic house in Oxford; research record.","full_desc":"A historic house in Oxford, Mississippi, Thompson-Chandler House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Historic house in Oxford; research record. It sits in the archive under haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":"South 13th Street","city":"Oxford","county":null,"state":"Mississippi","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":34.351262,"lon":-89.536981,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Precise location, historical chronology and current visitor conditions require independent enrichment. Confidence concerns provenance only.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":53.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":606,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"Visit Oxford recounts a bouncing ball, wailing woman and male apparition. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'Ghost Stories of Oxford' keep the claim in circulation. The reports keep the place on every haunted list it qualifies for.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ghost Stories of Oxford","url":"https://visitoxfordms.com/blog/ghost-stories-of-oxford/","publisher":"Visit Oxford","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"William Thompson purchased the house in 1859, according to the tourism account. Thompson-Chandler House's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. Sources including 'Ghost Stories of Oxford' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ghost Stories of Oxford","url":"https://visitoxfordms.com/blog/ghost-stories-of-oxford/","publisher":"Visit Oxford","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Visit Oxford recounts a bouncing ball, wailing woman and male apparition. A house with Oxford's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Sources including 'Ghost Stories of Oxford' keep the claim in circulation. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Ghost Stories of Oxford","url":"https://visitoxfordms.com/blog/ghost-stories-of-oxford/","publisher":"Visit Oxford","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[{"title":"Faulkner, Ghosts, and Local Folk: Conversin’ at the Compson House","type":"BOOK","creator":"Irene Phelps Terry","date":null,"episode":null,"url":"https://visitoxfordms.com/blog/ghost-stories-of-oxford/"}],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Ghost Stories of Oxford","url":"https://visitoxfordms.com/blog/ghost-stories-of-oxford/","publisher":"Visit Oxford","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}