National Register Record for EDWARDS STORE

Historic Name: EDWARDS STORE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 8 MILES NE OF RED OAK
City: RED OAK            County: LATIMER
Section: 15           Township: 6N           Range: 22E          
Description of significance: THE EDWARDS STORE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1858 AND BECAME AN UNOFFICIAL STOP ON THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE. THE STORE SERVED MEALS AND OFFERED A PLACE TO SAFELY REST HORSES. THE STORE ITSELF BEGAN AS A SIMPLE DOGTROT LOG CABIN, BUT HAS GROWN IN SIZE OVER TIME DUE TO MULTIPLE ADDITIONS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/13/1972. CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE TO EDWARDS-HARDAWAY HOMESTEAD AND CEMETERY, WHICH WAS LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/06/2021.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1858            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CONKLING, ROSCOE P AND MARGARET B, "THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL, 1857-1869" THE ARTHUR H CLARK CO. 1947; REPORT ON THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL, A SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT, THE CHRONICLES OF OKALHOMA, VOL XXXVI (1958)
Date Prepared: 12-71