National Register Record for SPAULDING-OLIVE HOUSE

Historic Name: SPAULDING-OLIVE HOUSE
Current Name: MAGNOLIA
Address: 6091 S.E. ADAMS
City: IDABEL            County: MCCURTAIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE SPAULDING-OLIVE-BAGWELL HOUSE - A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF SOUTHERN COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE ARCHITECUTRE, HAS BEEN CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL PROMINENT LOCAL FAMILIES. ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR JUDGE GEORGE SPAULDING, A U.S. COMMISSION IN SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. SUBSEQUENT OWNERS WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ARCHITECTURALLY, THE BUILDING IS A REMARKABLE LOCAL EXAMPLE OF THE COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE. IT IS A TWO-STORY WHITE FRAME HOUSE WITH A CLASSICAL PORTICO. THE PORTICO IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR MASSIVE DORIC COLUMNS AND TOPPED BY A BALUSTRADE. THE ROOF LINE IS BROKEN BY THREE GABLED DORMERS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/28/1976.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: W.A. CARTER, MCCURTAIN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, IDABEL, 1923, P. 243-245; LEN GREEN, "HISTORIC IDABEL HOME BEING RECLAIMED", MCCURTAIN GAZETTE, 7/23/1975.
Date Prepared: 9/1975