The Page Soddy, in
Harper County, Oklahoma
Harper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,685, making it the fourth-least populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Buffalo. It was created in 1907 from the northwestern ...
southeast of
Buffalo, Oklahoma
Buffalo is a town and county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census. It was named after the Buffalo Creek valley, in which it is located.
History
In 1907, the town was "staked out" and a po ...
, is a
sod house
The sod house or soddy was an often used alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. Primarily used at first for animal shelters, corrals, and fences, ...
built in 1902. 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 v ...
in 1983.
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The National Register of Historic Places said of it:
It is located about four miles south and four miles east of the town of Buffalo, which was founded in 1907, after the house was built.
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References
Sod houses
National Register of Historic Places in Harper County, Oklahoma
Buildings and structures completed in 1902
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