National Register Record for QUANAH PARKER STAR HOUSE

Historic Name: QUANAH PARKER STAR HOUSE
Current Name: None
Address: EAGLE PARK
City: CACHE            County: COMANCHE
Section: 23, N 1/2           Township: 2N           Range: 14W          
Description of significance: HOME OF QUANAH PARKER, LAST WARRIOR CHIEF OF THE QUAHADA COMANCHE AND FIRST RECOGNIZED CHIEF OF ALL THE COMANCHES. THE QUAHADA BAND SURRENDERED IN 1875 AND MOVED ONTO A RESERVATION NEAR FORT SILL. AFTER ALLOTEMNT OF THE RESERVATION LAND IN 1892, QUANAH PARKER CONSTRUCTED THIS LARGE, TWO STORY HOUSE NEAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FIVE WIVES. THE HOUSE IS DISTINCTIVE FOR ITS WRAP AROUND PORCH AND THE LARGE WHITE STARS THAT BEDECK THE ROOF. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/29/70.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT / NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: HISTORIC ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: None
Architect: QUANAH PARKER
Year Built: 1884            Original Site: NO
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "COMANCHE CIVILIZATION WITH HISTORY OF QUANAH PARKER", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL. 1,1922, P. 243-252; ARTHUR LAWRENCE, PERSONAL LETTER DATED 4/22/1970; PAUL WELLMAN, "CUNTHIA ANN PARKER", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL. 12, SPRING 1912, P. 118-127;
Date Prepared: MAY 1970