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| ID Number |
70000532 |
| Historic Name |
QUANAH PARKER STAR HOUSE |
| Description of Significance |
HOME OF QUANAH PARKER, LAST WARRIOR CHIEF OF THE QUAHADA COMANCHE AND FIRST RECOGNIZED CHIEF OF ALL THE COMANCHES. THE QUAHADA BAND SURRENDERED IN 1875 AND MOVED ONTO A RESERVATION NEAR FORT SILL. AFTER ALLOTEMNT OF THE RESERVATION LAND IN 1892, QUANAH PARKER CONSTRUCTED THIS LARGE, TWO STORY HOUSE NEAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FIVE WIVES. THE HOUSE IS DISTINCTIVE FOR ITS WRAP AROUND PORCH AND THE LARGE WHITE STARS THAT BEDECK THE ROOF. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/29/70. |
| Current Name |
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| Address |
EAGLE PARK |
| City |
CACHE |
| County |
COMANCHE |
| Lot |
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| Block |
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| Current Section |
23, N 1/2 |
| Township |
2N |
| Range |
14W |
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
SINGLE DWELLING |
| Current Function |
VACANT / NOT IN USE |
| Area Significance 1 |
HISTORIC ABORIGINAL |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
MAY 1970 |
| Year Built |
1884 |
| Original Site |
NO |
| Architect/Builder |
QUANAH PARKER |
| Architectural Style |
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| Roof Material |
WOOD |
| Wall Material |
WOOD |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
MOVED TO PRESENT SITE IN 1956 AS FORT SILL EXPANDED |
| Condition |
FAIR |
| Comments |
MURIEL H. WRIGHT, "A GUIDE TO THE INDIAN TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA", (NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS), 1951, PP. 118 - 127. |
| Restricted |
N |
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