Historic Name: THE SOD HOUSE
Current Name: SOD HOUSE MUSEUM
Address: BETWEEN ALINE AND CLEO SPRINGS ON SH 8.
City: VIC. CLEO SPRINGS
County: ALFALFA
Section: NW1/4 OF 18
Township: 23N
Range: 11W
Description of significance: ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION LEFT IN OKLAHOMA. IS SERVES TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PEOPLE LIVED IN THE EARLY YEARS OF SETTLEMENT ON THE GREAT PLAINS. NOW A MUSEUM, THE SOD HOUSE WAS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 9/29/70
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Architectural Style: OTHER "SOD HOUSE"
Architect: MARSHALL MCCULLY, BUILDER
Year Built: 1894
Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: B.B. CHAPMAN; "THE SOD HOUSE OF MARSHALL MCCULLY: A LAST RELIC OF GREAT PLAINS HISTORY"; THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, SUMMER 1967, VOLUME:45; PP. 211-216. ELMER F. FRANKER, "HOMESTEADER'S SOD HOUSE" , 1969, PAMPHLET.
Date Prepared: SEPTEMBER 29, 1970