The home was owned for a time by Alexander Means, a founder and president of Emory College (the original site of which is now Oxford College of Emory University) and was used as a hospital during the American Civil War.

[2][3][4] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973.

[1] Orna Villa was the location of a college frat party in The Vampire Diaries.

[5] It is a contributing building within the Oxford Historic District which also is NRHP-listed.

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