National Register Record for SCOTT STORE

Historic Name: SCOTT STORE
Current Name: SAME
Address: NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 31
City: KINTA            County: HASKELL
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE SCOTT STORE, BUILT FOR GEORGE SCOTT A PROMINENT CHOCTAW POLITICIAN AND BUSINESSMAN IN 1903, WAS THE FIRST STONE BUILDING BUILT IN KINTA. MR. SCOTT SOLD GENERAL MERCHANDISE OUT OF HIS STORE UNTIL 1916, WHEN HE SOLD OUT AND MOVED TO STIGLER. THIS BUILDING REMAINS THE TALLEST AND MOST IMPRESSIVE BUILDING IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY AND IT RETAINS THE CHARACTER OF A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY GENERAL STORE. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1/11/1980.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE / TRADE
Current Function: COMMERCE / TRADE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1903            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW: GEORGE SCOTT JR., KINTA, 6/18/1979; INDIAN PIONEERING HISTORY AND CHOCTAW NATION FILES AT OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INDIAN ARCHIIVES DIVISION.
Date Prepared: 6/29/1979