Fred and Adeline Drummond House

Coordinates: 36°25′04″N 96°23′39″W / 36.41778°N 96.39417°W / 36.41778; -96.39417 (Fred and Adeline Drummond House)
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Fred and Adeline Drummond House
Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.81000466[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1981

The Fred and Adeline Drummond House is a home built in

contributing buildings, including the main house and a tiny home termed the "Moses House". The property is operated as a historic house museum by the Oklahoma Historical Society
.

History

Frederick Drummond

Frederick Drummond, a Scottish emigrant, moved to the Osage Nation in 1886. There he met Adeline Gentner from Coffeyville, Kansas and they married in 1890.[2] In 1903 they moved to Hominy, Oklahoma.[3]

The house was constructed in 1905 and served as the home of Frederick Drummond and the Drummond family. The home was given to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1980 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The Oklahoma Historical Society operates the home as a historic house museum.[2]

Design

The house is built in a

running water.[2]

The listing included three

contributing buildings. Besides the main house, there is a 13 by 14 feet (4.0 m × 4.3 m) tiny home termed the "Moses House". This was home to a black man named Moses who did handyman work for the family.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Fred and Addie Drummond Home". okhistory.org. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma Family Tree Stories: Drummond Family". okhistory.org. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Margorie M. Schweitzer (March 1978). Kent Ruth (ed.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fred Drummond House / The Drummond Home". National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2023. With accompanying eight photos, historic and from 1978

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