Thompson, Joseph M., House
a.k.a. Cherokee County Civic Cultural Center
300 S. College Ave., Tahlequah, OKThe Joseph M. Thompson House, built ca. 1889, is a two-story, Queen Anne style house with Eastlake details. The asymmetrical house is constructed of clapboards and has a cross-gabled roof. It is located on a spacious lot at the southwest intersection of S.H. 51 and South College Avenue, near Tahlequah's downtown and civic buildings. other residences built in the 1880s, the Cherokee National Capitol (NHL, 1966), the Cherokee National Jail (NR, 1974), and the Cherokee Supreme Court Building (NR, 1974), are located in the vicinity. The Thompson House, now used as the Cherokee County Civic Cultural Center, retains a high degree of historical integrity.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.