National Register Record for GREEN MCCURTAIN HOUSE

Historic Name: GREEN MCCURTAIN HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 6 MILES NE OF CITY
City: KINTA VICINITY            County: HASKELL
Section: 35, NE4, NE4           Township: 8N           Range: 20E          
Description of significance: THE GREEN MCCURTAIN HOUSE WAS NOMINATED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER IN 1971 WHEN THE ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS IN RUINS. AT THE TIME OF LISTING, THERE WERE PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION THAT HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETED. THIS IS A TWO-STORY L-SHAPED RESIDENCE WITH WOOD SIDING AND A BAY PROJECTION ON THE SOUTH WING. THE HOME IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GREEN MCCURTAIN, THE LAST ELECTED CHIEF OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 6/21/1971.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: POLITICAL
Area of Significance 2: HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Architectural Style: UNCOLLECTED
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1880            Original Site: YES
Condition: RECONSTRUCTION
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEWS FROM PIONEER HISTORY, GRANT FOREMAN COLLECTION: GOMER GOWER - 10/16/1937 (VOL. 26, P. 210-214), SUSAN LEWIS - 1938 (VOL. 109, P.210-214); JOHN BARTLETT MESERVE, "THE MCCURTAINS", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL. 13 (1935), P. 297-312.
Date Prepared: 1971