Historic Buildings in Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Land Office Building/ Post Office
This was the United States Land Office site for filing claims at the opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889, and also at the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands on April 19, 1892. J.C. Robert...
Land Office Building/ Post Office
Pioneer Telephone Building
This building was constructed in 1900 by the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1922, the building was restored similar to its original appearance by Pioneer Telephone C...
Pioneer Telephone Building

Governor Seay Mansion

The Seay Mansion is a monument to a dream, a dream that Kingfisher would be the new capitol of Oklahoma Territory; a dream that never came true. Abraham Jefferson Seay, the second Territorial Governor of Oklahoma from 1892 to 1893, built the three-story mansion named, "Horizon Hill,"

Kingfisher, OK Museums

Historic Church

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Kingfisher, OK Historic Churches

Cole Cabin

A more ordinary settler family was that of Samuel and Dorothy Cole. They built this cabin southeast of Hennessey in 1890. It was built of oak logs cut on the farm and hauled to the building site in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen.

Kingfisher, OK Pioneer History

Gant School House

From the start the settlers of Oklahoma made provisions for eduction. The proceeds form sections six and thirty-six of each township were reserved for schools. There were country schools every three miles with names like Pleasant Valley, Good Hope, or in this case Gant.

Kingfisher, OK Historic Schoolhouses

Jesse Chisholm Statue

The Chisholm Trail was named after Jesse Chisholm (1805 - 1868), a mixed-blood Cherokee guide and trader. Chisholm had moved goods and cattle over a part of the route and travelers began referring to it as Chisholm's Trail.

Kingfisher, OK Arts

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Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Land Office Building/ Post Office

Pioneer Telephone Building

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Governor Seay Mansion

Historic Church

Cole Cabin

Gant School House

Jesse Chisholm Statue

Things to do near Kingfisher, OK

Chisholm Trail Marker

Log Cabin

Tonkawa Tribe

Glass Mountains

Tri-State Music Festival Statue