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| ID Number |
11000340 |
| Historic Name |
DOBSON FAMILY HOUSE |
| Description of Significance |
THE DOBSON FAMILY HOUSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION B IN THE AREAS OF INDUSTRY AND SOCIAL HISTORY FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE DOBSON FAMILY, SPECIFICALLY WAYMAN W., SOLOMON M. AND NELLIE DOBSON. AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFITED THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF MIAMI, OKLAHOMA, THE DOBSON SIBLINGS CONSTRUCTED A BUILDING FOR THE PATTERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN MIAMI. THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING THE PATTERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY’S MOVE FROM DENNISON, TEXAS, IN 1939. THE FACTORY CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN MIAMI UNTIL 1952 WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED THE DOBSONS’ BUILDING. IN ADDITION TO CAUSING THE ERECTION OF THE PATTERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUILDING, WAYMAN WILLIS DOBSON SERVED AS MAYOR OF MIAMI DURING TWO CRITICAL TIMES IN OKLAHOMA HISTORY. WHILE WAYMAN’S INITIAL TWO TERMS AS MAYOR, IN 1906 AND 1907, ARE OUTSIDE THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS NOT YET BUILT AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS A CRITICAL ERA FOR MIAMI AND OKLAHOMA AS THE FORMER TWIN TERRITORIES ACHIEVED STATEHOOD. WITH THE LENGTH OF THE MAYORAL TERM TWO YEARS RATHER THAN ONE, WAYMAN AGAIN SOUGHT AND WON ELECTION AS MIAMI’S MAYOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE TIMES BETWEEN 1933 AND 1941. ALSO A CRITICAL PERIOD IN HISTORY AS THE GREAT DEPRESSION CONTINUED TO RAVAGE THE NATION’S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, WAYMAN SET INTO PLACE A DEBT REDUCTION PLAN FOR MIAMI THAT SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING THE TOWN’S BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY MORE THAN HALF. AS SUCH, THE DOBSON FAMILY HOUSE IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION B FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MAYOR WAYMAN DOBSON IN THE AREA OF POLITICS/GOVERNMENT. WHILE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF BUILDINGS IN MIAMI THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOBSON FAMILY, THE HOUSE IS OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE OF ITS CONTINUOUS ASSOCIATION WITH ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT FAMILY MEMBERS. CONSTRUCTED IN 1915-1916 BY SOLOMON B. AND LUCINDA (LUCY) DOBSON, THE HOUSE WAS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY FROM JANUARY 1916 UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE DEATHS. NONE OF THE YOUNGER DOBSON FAMILY MEMBERS MARRIED AND THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE TOGETHER UNTIL WAYMAN’S DEATH IN 1945, FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON M.’S DEATH IN 1960 WITH NELLIE BEING THE LAST FAMILY MEMBER RESIDING IN THE HOME UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1968. FOLLOWING NELLIE’S PASSING, THE HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED BY A CARETAKER WITH THE TITLE BEING HELD IN TRUST FOR THE OTTAWA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE HOUSE SPANS WAYMAN’S THIRD ELECTION AS MAYOR IN 1933 TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PATTERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUILDING IN 1952. DESPITE WAYMAN’S DEATH IN 1945, THE TWO SURVIVING DOBSONS CONTINUED TO OWN THE FACTORY BUILDING UNTIL ITS DEMISE. IN ADDITION TO THE YEAR’S MARKING WAYMAN’S SERVICE AS MAYOR, 1933 AND 1941, THE YEAR 1939 IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT YEAR AS THE DATE THAT THE DOBSON SIBLINGS CONSTRUCTED THE PATTERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUILDING. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
106 A STREET SOUTHWEST |
| City |
MIAMI |
| County |
OTTAWA |
| Lot |
17-20 |
| Block |
104 |
| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING |
| Current Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING; RECREATION/CULTURE: MUSEUM |
| Area Significance 1 |
INDUSTRY; POLITICS/GOVERNMENT |
| Area Significance 2 |
SOCIAL HISTORY |
| Date Prepared |
2011 |
| Year Built |
1933 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
J.J. SHOE, BUILDER |
| Architectural Style |
BUNGALOW/CRAFTSMAN |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
BRICK |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
EXCELLENT |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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