Dr. Irvin D. Leoser Log Cabin, 119 West Smith Street, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, OK
Summary
Significance: The cabin of Dr. Irvin D. Leoder is the oldest building in Tahlequah, and one of the two or three oldest buildings in the state of Oklahoma. During and after the Civil War the cabin, which was considerably larger at that time, was an important place of refuge for persons who had been displaced by the incessant clash of Union and Confederate detachments in the area. Its first known owner, Dr. Leoser, was one of the few doctors in the Indian Territory, and at times was the only doctor in Tahlequah.
Survey number: HABS OK-27
Building/structure dates: 1833-1848 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Grashof, Bethanie C, field team
Higgins, Vicki J, field team
Holmes, Nicholas H, field team
Swayze, Roger D, field team
McCown, Susan, field team
Tomlan, Michael A, project manager
Smalling, Walter, photographer
Hnedak, John D, historian
Location
Tahlequah (Okla.), 35.91990, -94.97081
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html