Jim Thorpe House
Historic house in Oklahoma, United States
United States historic place
Jim Thorpe House | |
 Jim Thorpe House | |
36°6′48.9″N 96°48′38.02″W / 36.113583°N 96.8105611°W / 36.113583; -96.8105611 | |
| Built | 1916 |
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| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000673 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 24, 1971 |
The Jim Thorpe House is a historic house in Yale, Oklahoma.
In 1917, Jim Thorpe bought a small home in Yale, Oklahoma and lived there until 1923 with his wife, Iva Miller, and children, one of whom, Jim Jr., died at the age of two. The house was bought by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1968 and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is maintained by the Jim Thorpe Memorial Foundation as a small museum to Thorpe and contains related memorabilia.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Ruth, Kent (January 1, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Thorpe (Jim) House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 11, 2014. and one photo ]
External links
- Address, directions
- Photos and information about the museum and Jim Thorpe
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National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma
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- Berry House
- Cushing American Legion Building
- Cushing Armory
- Gillespie Drilling Company Building
- Luston House
- Irvings Castle
- Perkins Downtown Historic District
- White Cloud Lodge
- Hopkins Sandstone House and Farmstead
- Berry House
- Campus Fire Station
- Citizens Bank Building
- Cottonwood Community Center
- Cross House
- Frick House
- Hoke Building
- Josephine Reifsnyder Lustron House
- Long Branch Creek Bridge
- Magruder Plots
- Murphy House
- Oklahoma A & M College Agronomy Barn and Seed House
- Oklahoma A&M College Dairy Barn
- Old Central
- Payne County Courthouse
- Pleasant Valley School
- Pruett House
- Selph Building
- Stillwater Santa Fe Depot
- Walker Building
- Jim Thorpe House
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