Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma)

	Sod House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Sod House, April 2024
Nearest city	Cleo Springs, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°28′17″N 98°25′23″W / 36.47139°N 98.42306°W
Built	1894
Architect	McCully, Marshall
NRHP reference No.	70000526
Added to NRHP	September 29, 1970

The Sod House, which is also known as Marshall McCully Sod House, is a sod house built in 1894. It is 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Oklahoma's National Register Handbook, Oklahoma City: State Historic Preservation Office--Oklahoma Historical Society, January 1, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sod House Museum," Oklahoma Historical Society, Accessed March 10, 2015.
^ Heisch, Melvena Thurman. "Sod House," Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Accessed March 10, 2015.

External links

Sod House Museum - Oklahoma Historical Society

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[okhistory.org-2] Oklahoma's National Register Handbook, Oklahoma City: State Historic Preservation Office--Oklahoma Historical Society, January 1, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2015.

[Sod-House-OHS-3] "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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