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Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma)

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Nearest city
  
Cleo Springs, Oklahoma

Architect
  
McCully,Marshall

Opened
  
1894

Phone
  
+1 580-463-2441

Built
  
1894

NRHP Reference #
  
70000526

Area
  
4,047 m²

Added to NRHP
  
29 September 1970

Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma)

Address
  
4628 State Highway 8, Aline, OK 73716, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Cherokee Strip Regional, Drummond House, Murrell Home, Chisholm Trail Museum, Oklahoma Territorial Museum

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.

History

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

References

Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma) Wikipedia