National Register Record for GOVERNOR WILLIAM H. MURRAY (ALFALFA BILL)

Historic Name: GOVERNOR WILLIAM H. MURRAY (ALFALFA BILL)
Current Name: SAME
Address: OFF OF OK HIGHWAY 78
City: TISHOMINGO VICINITY            County: JOHNSTON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE GOVERNOR WILLIAM H. MURRAY HOUSE NEAR TISHOMINGO WAS A SINGLE STORY T-SHAPED RESIDENCE. THE HOUSE HAD EXPERIENCED SOME ALTERATIONS, SUCH AS TO THE ORIGINAL PORCH, PRIOR TO ITS DEMOLITION. THE MURRAY HOUSE WAS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM HENRY MURRAY, ONE OF OKLAHOMA'S UNIQUE AND WIDELY KNOWN STATESMAN WHO SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 8/2/1984. (SEE COMMENT)

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT/ NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS / GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: NATIONAL FOLK
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1920            Original Site: YES
Condition: DEMOLISHED
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: A.M. GIBSON, OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY OF FIVE CENTURIES, 2ND ADDITION, NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1981; INTERVIEW WITH BEVERLY WATT - TISHOMINGO, OK; INTERVIEW, TAKEN FROM GRANT FOREMAN'S INDIAN PIONEER COLLECTION, COURTESY OF OKLAHOMA HIST. SOCIETY
Date Prepared: 1983