National Register Record for PAGE SODDY

Historic Name: PAGE SODDY
Current Name: SAME
Address: 4 MILES EAST AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO
City: BUFFALO VICINITY            County: HARPER
Section: 35           Township: 27N           Range: 22W          
Description of significance: THE PAGE SODDY, BUILT IN 1906, IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING "SODDIES" IN THE CHEROKEE OUTLET. THIS 16 FOOT BY 34 FOOT SODDY HAS 30 INCH THICK EARTHEN WALLS. THE ORIGINAL OWNER/BUILDER, MR. SHAW, COATED THE EXTERIOR WALLS WITH A CEMENT MIXTURE AND THE INTERIOR WALLS WERE PLASTERED. A WOOD SHINGLE ROOF, LATER UPDATED WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES, HELPED TO PRESERVE THE STRUCTURE. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, 3/24/1983.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT / NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: OTHER (SOD HOUSE)
Architect: SHAW, WILLIAM - BUILDER
Year Built: 1902            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH IRENE PAGE, BUFFALO, 6/25/1982; :KIRBY COMMUNITY, SAGA OF ANOTHER SODDY", ENID MORNING NEWS, 2/21/1975; "PASSED OVER BY TIME, OLD SODDIE STANDS AS MONUMENT TO COUNTY'S EARLY SETTLERS", NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS IN IRENE PAGE'S PAPERS;
Date Prepared: 9/1982