William I. and Magdalen M. Goff House | |
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| Location | 506 South Evans, El Reno, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°31′46″N97°57′21″W / 35.52944°N 97.95583°W Coordinates: 35°31′46″N97°57′21″W / 35.52944°N 97.95583°W |
| Area | one-half acre |
| Built | 1901 |
| NRHP reference # | 88001317 [1] [2] |
| Added to NRHP | July 20, 1988 |
The William I. and Magdalen M. Goff House, also known as the Goff House, is a residential structure in El Reno, Oklahoma. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, it was built in 1901 and is a landmark in the city of El Reno. It has undergone very few exterior changes since its construction before statehood.
El Reno is a city in and county seat of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 16,729. The city was begun shortly after the 1889 land rush and named for the nearby Fort Reno. It is located in the central part of the state, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Oklahoma City, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, Texas on the south, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. It is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the fifty United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which dramatically increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
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. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
The two-story, Colonial Revival-style house has a circular tower and wraparound porch characteristic of Queen Anne architecture. [3]
Colonial Revival architecture was and is a nationalistic design movement in the United States and Canada. Part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement embracing Georgian and Neoclassical styles, it seeks to revive elements of architectural style, garden design, and interior design of American colonial architecture.
