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This is a list of properties and historic districts in Oklahoma that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places. Listings are distributed across all of Oklahoma's 77 counties . The following are approximate unofficial tallies of current listings by county.
The society operates the Oklahoma History Center, the state's museum located in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma History Center occupies 215,000 ft 2 (19,974m 2) and contains more than 2,000 artifacts and exhibits featuring hands-on audio, video, and activities. A museum store is available online or at the Oklahoma History Center.
The McLemore Site is located on a terrace overlooking Cobb Creek outside the town of Colony in central western Oklahoma. The first major archaeological investigation took place in 1960 under the auspices of Dr. Robert E. Bell of Oklahoma State University. Three sections of the site were excavated: an area of cache and refuse pits, an area once ...
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma: 1829 House The oldest house in the state of Oklahoma and the home of Sequoyah creator of Cherokee syllabary. Dictrict Choctaw Chief's House: Swink, Oklahoma: 1837 House the oldest house in the state of Oklahoma that remains on its original site; built of logs Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum: Tahlequah, Oklahoma ...
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an 18-acre (7.3 ha) plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City , the current museum opened in 2005 and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS).
Upon Reeves' death on Jan. 12, 1910, the Muskogee Phoenix wrote, "In the history of the early days of Eastern Oklahoma the name of Bass Reeves has a place in the front rank among those who ...
The land, nearly 1.9 million acres, was deemed open for settlement 23 years after the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee/Creek, and Seminole) signed new treaties with the United ...
The home was given to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1980 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The listing included three contributing buildings, including the main house and a tiny home termed the "Moses House". The property is operated as a historic house museum by the Oklahoma Historical Society.