National Register Record for COTTON STORAGE HOUSE

Historic Name: COTTON STORAGE HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: OFF SH-2
City: KINTA VICINITY            County: HASKELL
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE KINTA COTTON STORAGE HOUSE IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW REMAINING EXAMPLES OF THE OCTAGONAL STORAGE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE HEYDAY OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA. THIS BUILDING HAS A ROCK FOUNDATION AND IS COVERED IN CORRUGATED TIN. IT HAS A HIPPED ROOF TOPPED BY AN ADDITIONAL SMALLER OCTAGONAL TOWER. A GABLED PORTICO IS LOCATED ON ONE SIDE AND SERVED AS A COVERED ACCESS POINT FOR FARMERS. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, 1/10/1982.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE: STORAGE
Current Function: VACANT / NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: AGRICULTURE
Area of Significance 2: ECONOMICS
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: CA 1904            Original Site: YES
Condition: DETERIORATED
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GARRY L. NALL, "KING COTTON IN OKLAHOMA, 1825-1939", IN DONALD E. GREEN (ED); "RURAL OKLAHOMA", OKC: OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1977; INTERVIEW: J.R. GRIFFITH AND MRS. RALPH CARPENTER, KINTA, 6/24/1979;
Date Prepared: 6/29/1979