Historic Name: COREY HOUSE / HOTEL
Current Name: SAME
Address: CORNER OF SECOND AND MAIN
City: GROVE
County: DELAWARE Section: 5
Township: 24N
Range: 24E
Description of significance: IN THE SMALL TOWN OF GROVE, OKLAHOMA, THE COREY HOUSE AND ADJACENT HOTEL PROVIDE A REMARKABLY AUTHENTIC PICTURE OF SMALL TOWN LIFE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF STATEHOOD. THE COREY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1899, WITH THE HOTEL BEING ADDED IN 1909. BOTH ARE SIMPLE FRAME BUILDINGS WITH FOLK VICTORIAN DETAILS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/17/1982.
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: HOTEL
Current Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: FOLK VICTORIAN
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1899/1909
Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "CLAUDE HANNA RETRACES MEMORY'S ROAD, THE EARLY DAYS OF GROVE OKLAHOMA", COMPILED BY JEAN E. BOHANNON, EXPOSITION PRESS, 1976; "HERITAGE OF THE HILLS - A DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORY", DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LITHO PRINGERS, CASSVILLE, MO., 1979.
Date Prepared: DECEMBER 1981