National Register Record for JIM THORPE HOUSE

Historic Name: JIM THORPE HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 704 EAST BOSTON
City: YALE            County: PAYNE
Section: 20           Township: 19N           Range: 6E          
Description of significance: THIS PROPERTY WAS THE HOME OF JIM THORPE, AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER, DURING THE TIME THAT HE WAS INVOVLVED IN THESE ACTIVITIES. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, 3/24/1971

Type: B BULDING
Historic Function: 01A SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: 08C MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: 022 HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: 280 SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: 65 BUNGALOW / CRAFTSMAN
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "ENCYCLOPEDIA INTERNATIONAL", VOLUME 18, 1964, P.101
Date Prepared: 1/1971