National Register Record for MURRELL HOME

Historic Name: MURRELL HOME
Current Name: None
Address: 19479 EAST MURRELL HOME ROAD
City: PARK HILL            County: CHEROKEE
Section: N/2 SECTION 22           Township: 16 N           Range: 22 E          
Description of significance: NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. CONSTRUCTED C. 1845 FOR GEORGE MURREL AND HIS WIFE, MINERVA ROSS MURRELL, THIS FEDERAL STYLE HOUSE WAS NAMED HUNTERS HOME BY MURRELL, A WHITE MAN FROM VIRGINIA WHO HAD MARRIED INTO THE POWERFUL ROSS FAMILY OF THE CHEROKEE NATION. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW ANTEBELLUM HOUSES TO SURVIVE THE CIVIL WAR. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER6/22/70.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HISTORY: NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: FEDERAL STYLE/I-HOUSE
Architect: UNKNWON
Year Built: 1843-1844            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BALLENGER, T. J., "THE CULTURAL RELATIONS OF TWO PIONEER COMMUNITIES," THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL.XXXIV. FOREMAN, GRANT, THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, (NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1934).
Date Prepared: APRIL, 1970