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The Oklahoma Odd Fellows Home at Checotah is a historical building complex in
Checotah, Oklahoma Checotah is a town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Samuel Checote, the first chief of the Creek Nation elected after the American Civil War, Civil War. Its population was 3,481 at the United States Census, 2000, 2000 ...
, central United States, now on . It includes
Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
and Bungalow/Craftsman architecture. Also known as Odd Fellows Widows and Orphans Home and as Checotah Odd Fellows Home, it served historically as institutional housing and as educational related housing. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2001. The listing includes one contributing building and two other contributing structures. The Home, started in 1902 on of land donated by William Gentry, was expanded in c. 1905, and again in 1922 and in 1962. It was designed originally by architect Joseph P. Foucart, who may also have designed the compatible c. 1905 expansion. M.T. Hardin designed the Bungalow/Craftsman addition in 1922. with The
Carmen IOOF Home The Carmen IOOF Home, also known as or associated with The Carmen Home of Pentecostal Holiness Church, is an Odd Fellows building in Carmen, Oklahoma that was built in 1906. It has served historically as institutional housing. It was listed in ...
, in Carmen, is another NRHP-listed Odd Fellows retirement home in the state.


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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Cultural infrastructure completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in McIntosh County, Oklahoma Odd Fellows buildings in Oklahoma American Craftsman architecture in Oklahoma Bungalow architecture in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in McIntosh County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub