Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house originally built in 1844 for Robert B Sheegog, an Irish immigrant farmer from Tennessee. Faulkner purchased the house when it was in disrepair in 1930, and resided there until his death in 1962. The home has been owned and operated by the University of Mississippi since 1972, and is open to the public year-round.