National Register Record for CHICKASAW HALL

Historic Name: CHICKASAW HALL
Current Name: None
Address: MURRAY CAMPUS DRIVE, MURRAY STATE COLLEGE
City: TISHOMINGO            County: JOHNSTON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CHICKASAW HALL IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH EDUCATION, POLITICS/GOVERNMENT, AND ETHNIC HERITAGE-NATIVE AMERICAN. THE FOUR-STORY QUEEN ANNE-STYLED BUILDING BUILT IN 1918 IS EASILY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS BY ITS TAN STUCCO EXTERIOR, EXPANSIVE RED BRICK FRONT PORCH, AND HALF-TIMBERED-FRAMED DORMERS. THE BUILDING RETAINS HIGH DEGREES OF INTEGRITY TO CONVEY SIGNIFICANCE AS A HISTORIC DORMITORY HALL DURING THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURRAY STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER IN 1981 AS BESSIE POE HALL. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION AND NAME CHANGE TO CHICKASAW HALL APPROVED ON APRIL 27, 2023.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL RELATED HOUSING
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE-NATIVE AMERICAN
Architectural Style: LATE VICTORIAN/QUEEN ANNE
Architect: REDLICH, FREDERICK WILHELM
Year Built: 1918            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW, MARGARET LOKEY - SPRING 1981; OKLAHOMA PRESERVATION OFFICE, BUILDING STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM, 1981; MARGARET LOKEY AND BEVERLY WYATT, CHICKASAW EDUCATION AND MURRAY STATE COLLEGE, UNPUNLISHED MANUSCRIPT.
Date Prepared: 6/25/1981; ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION PREPARED 11/2022