National Register Record for EVERIDGE CABIN AND CEMETERY
ID: 82003674
Historic Name: EVERIDGE CABIN AND CEMETERY
Current Name: None
Address: NORTH OF SPRING HILL ROAD AND N4310 ROAD
City: HUGO
County: CHOCTAW Section: 13
Township: 7S
Range: 18E
Description of significance: THE ORIGINAL, HEWN-LOG DOGTROT CABIN WITH HALF DOVETAIL NOTCHES WAS CONSTRUCTED CA. 1834 BY THOMAS EVERIDGE, AN ENGLISHMAN MARRIED TO A FULL-BLOOD CHOCTAW WOMAN, EVA BRASHEARS. LATER, A BOARD-AND-BATTEN ELL WAS ADDED AND FULL LENGTH, SHED ROOF PORCHES ADDED TO EACH SIDE. NEARBY IS THE CEMETERY, IN WHICH ARE INTERRED NOT ONLY FAMILY, BUT FAMILY-OWNED SLAVES. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/31/82.
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING/FUNERARY
Current Function: SINGLE DWELLING/FUNERARY
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Architectural Style: None
Architect: THOMAS WILLIE EVERIDGE, BUILDER
Year Built: 1834
Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: IMON FRANCES, SMOKE SIGNALS FROM INDIAN TERRITORY, WOLK CITY, TEXAS, 1976.; INDIAN-PIONEER PAPERS, INDIAN ARCHIVES DIVISION, OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OKC.; O'BEIRNE, H.F. LEADERS AND LEADING MEN OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY. CHICAGO, 1891.
Date Prepared: 1980