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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1875/00/00 Rodgers House is built by Clement V Rogers, Cherokee senator, judge and father of humorist Will Rogers.
1879/11/04 Will Rogers Home Will Rogers is born on the Dog Iron Ranch in the Cherokee Nation.
1960/00/00 Will Rogers Birthplace is moved about a mile
1963/00/00 The US Army Corps of Engineers complete the first phase of the Oologah Dam, creating Oologah Lake east of Oologah.

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Particulars for Will Rogers Birthplace:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration Birth place or grave
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Literature
Attribute Moved property
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 29th September 1970

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Rogers, Will, Birthplace
Registry Address: About 4 mi. NE of Oologah
Registry Number: 70000538
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 5
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Moved property, Birth place or grave
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1879, 1902, 1960
Associated People: Rogers,William
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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