National Register Record for CRAWFORD HOUSE

Historic Name: CRAWFORD HOUSE
Current Name: DOANE FARR HOME
Address: 600 NORTH THIRTEENTH
City: CLINTON            County: CUSTER
Section: 14           Township: 12N           Range: 17W          
Description of significance: THE CRAWFORD HOUSE IS A ONE AND ONE-HALF STORY VICTORIAN COTTAGE THAT ONCE BELONGED TO MISS ISABEL CRAWFORD, AN IMPORTANT FEMALE MISSIONARY TO THE KIOWA INDIANS BETWEEN 1893 AND 1906. THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY HER BROTHER, BUT MISS CRAWFORD PURCHASED THE HOME IN 1916 AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1941. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, 3/8/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: RELIGION
Architectural Style: FOLK VICTORIAN
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1906            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CORWIN, HUGH. "SADDLE MOUNTAIN MISSION AND CHURCH." THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 34 (SUMMER 1958), 118 - 130; ISABEL CRAWFORD, "JOYFUL JOURNEY, HIGHLIGHTS ON THE HIGH WAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY" FIRST EDITION
Date Prepared: DECEMBER 1983