|
Use your browser's back button to return to the query.
| ID Number |
80003265 |
| Historic Name |
EDMUND MCCURTAIN HOUSE |
| Description of Significance |
THIS BUILDING WAS THE LONG-TIME HOME OF EDMUND MCCURTAIN, CHOCTAW SOLDIER AND STATESMAN. THIS RESIDENCE WAS BUILT SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS THE SITE OF MCCURTAINS RANCHING OPERATIONS. HE BECAME ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST LANDOWNERS AND RANCHERS IN THE CHOCTAW NATION, CULTIVATING ABOUT 300 ACRES AND OWNING 500 HEAD OF CATTLE. THIS CENTRAL PASSAGE TYPE HOUSE HAS NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE, BUT RETAINS ORIGINAL SIDING AND WINDOWS. THE ORIGINAL FLOORPLAN HAS BEEN ALTERED. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 6/27/1980. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
NE OF CITY |
| City |
KINTA VICINITY |
| County |
HASKELL |
| Lot |
|
| Block |
|
| Current Section |
35, SE4, NE4, NW4, NE4 |
| Township |
8N |
| Range |
20E |
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING |
| Current Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING |
| Area Signficance 1 |
POLITICS |
| Area Significance 2 |
ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN |
| Date Prepared |
8/1979 |
| Year Built |
1866 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
EDMUND MCCURTAIN |
| Architectural Style |
NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE; CENTRAL PASSAGE TYPE |
| Roof Material |
TIN |
| Wall Material |
WOOD |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
|
| Condition |
POOR |
| Comments |
DOCUMENTATION SOURCES: (CONT) I.C. GUNNING, A ROYAL FAMILY OF CHOCTAWS OR THE CHOCTAW STORY, EASTERN OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, N.D., P. 44 - 47. |
| Restricted |
N |
|