National Register Record for IRVING'S CASTLE

Historic Name: IRVING'S CASTLE
Current Name: WASHINGTON IRVING POINT OF INTEREST
Address: 2.5 MILES SSW OF INGALLS
City: INGALLS            County: PAYNE
Section: 4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4           Township: 18N           Range: 4E          
Description of significance: THIS SITE WAS CHRONICLED BY WASHINGTON IRVING IN HIS BOOK "A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES". A HILLTOP FORMATION OF REDDISH LICHEN-TRACED ROCKS THAT REMINDED IRVING OF, "THE RUINS OF SOME MOORISH CASTLE CROWNING A HEIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A LONELY SPANISH LANDSCAPE

Type: O OBJECT
Historic Function: 09 AGRICULTURE / SUBSISTENCE
Current Function: 09 AGRICULTURE / SUBSISTENCE
Area of Significance 1: 140 EXPLORATION / SETTLEMENT
Area of Significance 2: 200 LITERATURE
Architectural Style: 98 INAPPLICABLE
Architect: None
Year Built: 1832            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: W.A. IRVING, "A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES", ANNOTATED BY THOBURN AND WELLS, HARLOW, 1955; C.J. LATROBE, "THE RAMBLER IN OKLAHOMA", ANNOTATED BY WRIGHT AND SHIRK, HARLOW, 1955; GEORGE H. SHIRK, "A TOUR …", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL. 45, 1967, P.102FF.
Date Prepared: 11/1976