Murrell Home
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The Murrell Home is a historic home and museum in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It was built in 1845, the building starting in 1844, and was most likely constructed least in part by slaves. It is one of only a few antebellum houses that have survived in the Cherokee Nation. The mansion itself was known as Hunter's Home by its first owner George Murrell. George Murrell was married to the niece, Minerva Murrell, of Cherokee leader John Ross. The Murrells came to Oklahoma about the time of the Trail of Tears (1839). During the American Civil War, the area surrounding the Murrell Home was frequently raided by forces loyal to both the Union and Confederacy, but the Murrell Home itself was spared destruction during this turbulent time; the only local building to do so.
