National Register Record for SPLITLOG CHURCH

Historic Name: SPLITLOG CHURCH
Current Name: CAYUGA MISSION CHURCH
Address: 9 MILES NE OF GROVE
City: GROVE            County: DELAWARE
Section: 23, NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4           Township: 25N           Range: 24E          
Description of significance: THE MATHIAS SPLITLOG CHURCH IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF ROMANESQUE REVIVAL RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE IN OKLAHOMA. BEYOND ITS REMARKABLE ARCHITECTURE, THIS BUILDING IS A LIVING REMINDER OF THE LIFE OF MATHIAS SPLITLOG, A CAYUGA INDIAN WHO HELPED TO FOUND AND DEVELOP THE CAYUGA COMMUNITY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/26/72.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Current Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Area of Significance 1: RELIGION
Area of Significance 2: RELIGION
Architectural Style: ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
Architect: SPLITLOG, MATHIAS - BUILDER
Year Built: 1893-1896            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: NIEBERING, VELMA, "CHIEF SPLITLOG AND THE CAYUGA MISSION CHURCH", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 32(1954), PP. 18 - 28.
Date Prepared: FEBRUARY 1972