Jim Thorpe House

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Jim Thorpe House
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Jim Thorpe House
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Location706 East Boston Avenue,
Yale, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°6′48.9″N96°48′38.02″W / 36.113583°N 96.8105611°W / 36.113583; -96.8105611
Built1916
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No. 71000673 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1971

The Jim Thorpe House is a historic house in Yale, Oklahoma.

In 1917, Jim Thorpe bought a small home in Yale, Oklahoma and lived there until 1923 with his wife, Iva Miller, and children, one of whom, Jim Jr., died at the age of two. The house was bought by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1968 and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma. The house is maintained by the Jim Thorpe Memorial Foundation as a small museum to Thorpe and contains related memorabilia. [1] [2] In mid-2024, the Oklahoma Historical Society sold the home to the Thorpe family, and it continues as a museum. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. Ruth, Kent (January 1, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Thorpe (Jim) House". National Park Service . Retrieved December 11, 2014. and one photo ]
  3. "SOLD: Thorpe family buys Jim Thorpe's Yale home from Oklahoma Historical Society". KJRH Tulsa, July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.


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