National Register Record for SEAY MANSION

Historic Name: SEAY MANSION
Current Name: SEAY HOME
Address: 11TH AND ZELLARS AVE
City: KINGFISHER            County: KINGFISHER
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE SEAY MANSION WAS BUILT IN 1892 AS THE HOME AND OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THEN TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, ABRAHAM J. SEAY. IT IS A THREE-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE WITH A HIPPED ROOF, LOWER CROSS GABLES, AND A ROUND TOWER ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. THE RESIDENCE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, LARGEST, AND MOST ORNATE IN THE COMMUNITY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/24/71.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: QUEEN ANNE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1892            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: PEEAY, DON W. "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOVERNOR A J SEAY." THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL 17.
Date Prepared: JAN 1971