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Overstreet House

Built in 1891 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Overstreet House, near Cowlington, Oklahoma is a frame house which was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Overstreet House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Le Flore County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1891, Italianate architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NE of Cowlington off U.S. 59, Cowlington, 74941
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Spiro
  • When was it built? 1891
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80004285 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Overstreet House between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,084 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20355
7 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Overstreet House: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale & Sandstone PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H D Youngman Contr San & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this property

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cowlington, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1999Tornado (F1)Cowlington$110,000An F1 tornado touchdown in Cowlington. The tornado damaged eight single-family homes, destroyed two mobile homes, and damaged two trailers. A mattress was lodged in a tree behind a mobile home in which its roof was peeled back. The tornado also uprooted several trees.
September 2010Flash FloodCowlington$50,000Several county roads were damaged by flooding in the northwestern portion of the county.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCowlington$50,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted trees. Homes were damaged.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCowlington$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew roofs off of barns, blew down power lines, and blew down a large electrical tower.
March 2024HailCowlington$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCowlington$15,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew several outbuildings over.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCowlington$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour snapped a tree and damaged houses.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCowlington$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour destroyed a carport.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCowlington-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 9.
May 2020Flash FloodCowlington-Portions of Highway 59 near Cowlington were flooded.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindCowlington-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCowlington-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
March 2017HailCowlington-no account filed
March 2015HailCowlington-no account filed
March 2015HailCowlington-no account filed
April 2011HailCowlington-no account filed
May 2008HailCowlington-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCowlington-no account filed
April 2003HailCowlington-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCowlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Tucker School2.1 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80004285 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Le Flore CountyAll 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.