National Register Record for OVERSTREET HOUSE

Historic Name: OVERSTREET HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 1172 ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY 59
City: COWLINGTON VICINITY            County: LEFLORE
Section: 38           Township: 10N           Range: 24E          
Description of significance: THE OVERSTREET HOUSE IS A TWO-STORY ITALIANATE RESIDENCE CONSTRUCTED IN 1891. SQUARE IN PLAN, THIS HOME RETAINS MANY OF ITS ORIGINAL DECORATIVE DETAILS, SUCH AS THE GABLE END FISH SCALE SHINGLES AND TURNED SPINDLE BALUSTRADES. THE OVERSTREET HOUSE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAMILY WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BOTH THE RANCHING AND FARMING INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/25/1980.

Type: BULDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT / NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: AGRICULTURE
Architectural Style: ITALIANATE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1891            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: PECK, HENRY L. "THE PROUD HERITAGE OF LEFLORE COUNTY: A HISTORY OF AN OKLAHOMA COUNTY" VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS. THE PRESS ARGUS, 1963
Date Prepared: FEB 1980