Jim Thorpe House

Jim Thorpe House
Location Yale, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°6′48.9″N 96°48′38.02″W / 36.113583°N 96.8105611°W / 36.113583; -96.8105611Coordinates: 36°6′48.9″N 96°48′38.02″W / 36.113583°N 96.8105611°W / 36.113583; -96.8105611
Built 1916
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference # 71000673 [1]
Added to NRHP March 24, 1971

The Jim Thorpe House is in Yale, Oklahoma, located off State Highway 51 at 706 East Boston Street.

Jim Thorpe House

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. The house is maintained by the Jim Thorpe Memorial Foundation as a small museum to Thorpe and contains related memorabilia.[1][2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 ]


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