National Register Record for MOSES KEOKUK HOUSE

Historic Name: MOSES KEOKUK HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 6 MILES SOUTH OF CITY
City: STROUD VICINITY            County: LINCOLN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS HOME WAS BUILT FOR MOSES KEOKUK, FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHIEF TO PRINCIPAL CHIEF MAHKOSAHTOE IN 1890 WHEN THE SAC AND FOX SIGNED THEIR ALLOTMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. KEOKUK LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM ITS CONSTRUCTION IN 1874 UNTIL 1889. HIS TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE HAD A SIDE GABLED ROOF AND THREE BAYS. ALL WINDOW OPENINGS WERE ARCHE WITH CAST STONE SILLS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/19/1973. BURNED IN 2002.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: OTHER: I-HOUSE TYPE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1874            Original Site: YES
Condition: BURNED IN 2002
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 1973