National Historic Landmark · house · Park Hill, Oklahoma

Murrell Home

Historic house in Oklahoma, United States in Park Hill, Oklahoma. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1970Federal architecture
A historic Cherokee cabin on the Murrell Home property in Park Hill, Oklahoma (15d2e630-9cc2-4967-b4d9-0ff4a43cc717)George M. Murrell House, Murrell Road, at junction of Willis Road, Park Hill vicinity (Cherokee County, Oklahoma)George M. Murrell House, Murrell Road, at junction of Willis Road, Park Hill, Cherokee County, OK HABS OKLA,11-PARHI.V,2- (sheet 1 of 9)
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What it is

Wikipedia · Murrell Home

The Hunter's Home, formerly known as the George M. Murrell Home, is a historic house museum at 19479 E Murrel Rd in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the Cherokee Nation. Built in 1845, it is one of the few buildings to survive in Cherokee lands from the antebellum period between the Trail of Tears relocation of the Cherokee people and the American Civil War. It was a major social center of the elite among the Cherokee in the mid-nineteenth century. It has been owned by the state since 1948, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address4 mi. S of Tahlequah, Park Hill, OK
CountyCherokee County
ListedJun 22, 1970
Reference number70000530
Type of placehouse
StyleFederal architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources3 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address4 mi. S of Tahlequah, Park Hill, OK
Websiteokhistory.org/outreach/homes/mh/hours.htm ↗
Coordinates35.84925, -94.96441 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Smith National Historic Site · 44 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPettit Bay 7 mi · Elk Creek Landing 8 mi · Cookson Bend 10 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000530. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.