Yale Oklahoma

Written By Anita Thorpe
 

Jim Thorpe Home

City of Yale

 

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.

Location 706 East Boston Avenue · Yale, Oklahoma

Built1916

Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman

NRHP reference No.71000673

Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1971

Anita Thorpe
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