National Register Record for EDMUND MCCURTAIN HOUSE

Historic Name: EDMUND MCCURTAIN HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: NE OF CITY
City: KINTA VICINITY            County: HASKELL
Section: 35, SE4, NE4, NW4, NE4           Township: 8N           Range: 20E          
Description of significance: THIS BUILDING WAS THE LONG-TIME HOME OF EDMUND MCCURTAIN, CHOCTAW SOLDIER AND STATESMAN. THIS RESIDENCE WAS BUILT SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS THE SITE OF MCCURTAINS RANCHING OPERATIONS. HE BECAME ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST LANDOWNERS AND RANCHERS IN THE CHOCTAW NATION, CULTIVATING ABOUT 300 ACRES AND OWNING 500 HEAD OF CATTLE. THIS CENTRAL PASSAGE TYPE HOUSE HAS NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE, BUT RETAINS ORIGINAL SIDING AND WINDOWS. THE ORIGINAL FLOORPLAN HAS BEEN ALTERED. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 6/27/1980.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE; CENTRAL PASSAGE TYPE
Architect: EDMUND MCCURTAIN
Year Built: 1866            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE SCOTT JR, 8/9/1979; W. DAVID BAIRD, THE CHOCTAW PEOPLE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA: INDIAN TRIBAL SERIES, 1973, P.70-71; ANGIE DEBO, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHOCTAW REPUBLIC, NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1934, P. 111, 166-167, 242;
Date Prepared: 8/1979