Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma)

Sod House
Nearest city Cleo Springs, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°28′17″N 98°25′23″W / 36.47139°N 98.42306°W / 36.47139; -98.42306Coordinates: 36°28′17″N 98°25′23″W / 36.47139°N 98.42306°W / 36.47139; -98.42306
Built 1894
Architect McCully, Marshall
NRHP Reference # 70000526[1][2]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1970

The Sod House, which is also known as Marshall McCully Sod House, is a sod house located in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma approximately four miles north of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma.[2][3]

History

The Sod House was built by Marshal McCully in 1894.[3] Sod houses were constructed by settlers of southern and western Oklahoma Territory because there was not enough timber to build wooden houses.[4] The sod house near Cleo Springs is the only remaining sod house in Oklahoma that was built by settlers.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1] The Sod House Museum (under the Oklahoma Historical Society) maintains the structure.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Oklahoma's National Register Handbook, Oklahoma City: State Historic Preservation Office--Oklahoma Historical Society, January 1, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sod House Museum," Oklahoma Historical Society, Accessed March 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Heisch, Melvena Thurman. "Sod House," Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Accessed March 10, 2015.


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