National Register Record for JEFFERSON GARDNER HOUSE

Historic Name: JEFFERSON GARDNER HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 3 MILES WEST OF EAGLETOWN
City: EAGLETOWN VICINITY            County: MCCURTAIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS BUILDING WAS HOME TO PROMINENT CHOCTAW BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN, JEFFERSON GARDNER. THE JEFFERSON GARDNER HOUSE IS A TWO-STORY T-SHAPED FRAME HOUSE. THE HOUSE IS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, WITH ORNATE DETAILING AROUND WINDOWS AND ALONG THE MASSIVE FRONT PORCH. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1884. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 4/4/1975.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: RELIGION; SOCIAL HISTORY; EDUCATION
Architectural Style: MIXED (COLONIAL REVIVAL; EXOTIC REVIVAL)
Architect: DYER, JAMES - BUILDER
Year Built: 1884            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: ANGIE DEBO, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHOCTAW REPUBLIC, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 1934; GRANT FOREMAN, THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 1934; PHIL FRY, PATRIARCH OF TREES, OKLAHOMA'S ORBIT, 8/9/1970;
Date Prepared: 9/1974