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class notes An Oxford house with history: Built in 1862, this Italianate painted brick house at 110 S. Campus Ave. in Oxford was the third home of David and Elizabeth Swing and their children. Swing, who taught in Miami’s preparatory school, lived here with his family for four years before his ministerial career took him to Chicago, where he became a nationally known preacher. Other families lived here until 1910, when the residence, across the street from McGuffey Hall, became the Phi Alpha Psi house. The chapter’s dog is in the front doorway of this photo taken by Frank R. Snyder in 1912. It was next the home of Geology professor William Shideler for nearly 40 years, before becoming a fraternity house again in the 1960s. The photo and text are from a new coffee table book, Homes of Old Oxford: An Album of Photographs by Frank R. Snyder and Others, compiled by Irene Moore Lindsey ’37 and Valerie Edwards Elliott ’75. The book appeals to historic preservationists, local history enthusiasts, and anyone who has ever walked Oxford’s Mile Square.