The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22
HISTORY MADE IN
OLD BRICK HOUSE
Built for Home, Convert
ed Into Hotel After
It's Completion
IS 73 YEARS OF AGE
Mormons Employed in Max
ing Bricks and Putting Up
Early Day Structure

Spr 81 n lh" world
TAHLEQrAlL oct .I.-rhe old
est brick house iu Tahloquah was
built for u frsiicu,v. bat eventually
became a nutrt ana ~ Tuch was one
OF the most uotnhlo boo thr old days
n the walls OF this old hgi'llnr
were vocal they could relate many
u thrilling Incident many Nu event
some romantic. others trHk'r. many
historical, which have occurred
during the 73 years the house has
stood near the center NJ the former
capital OF the Cherokee nation.
IN connection with tho oldest
building IN this section thorc ~ r's.
called the story ~ liH first owner
According 90 - biographical sketch
published some decades nHl, Mrr
Susan Taylor was born iu ira OLD
Cherokee nation In Georgia In 1909.
Her father. who was of pare whl.
ana Indian blood, was one OF me
weli-known men ~ his period The
M0ravian brethren, having cstHb-
llshod n 1870. u mission scnopl at
Spring place. Georgia, susan Fields
was cen, 90 ,he institution and wag
thero educated and removed with
her pruple to Indian territory In
1888 Her husband was llcNHrd
Taylor. who held mnpv official posi-
tiOns under the Cherogre govern
ment and was assistant chief Ht tho
time OF his death IN lA5i Ms
Susan Taylor and husband arrived
~ the Tnhlcquah camp ground In
1899, when thcro was hut one or
two houses upon the site of the
town which received tho r1mo OF
Tahlequnh. in memory OF Teliicu an
taaaf "a I.IH -
boundaries of tho state OF
Tennessee. Aficr living at Tuhlo.
quah several ycara n modern and
substantial residence was planned
and in lSig there was built the
house which now has the distinction
OF being the oldest brick slru 3turc
In Tahleuuah. n has been said TINT
several Mormon elders who were
touring the then new Cherokee n0.
tlon, and who wcrO cXEsulcaC cd
artisans. were employed to crcct
the building. Tho bricks wero
moled ana burned at no great dis
tance from the limits OF tho capital
and tho house was completed Mt n
period when the number Of citi6ons
%. the capital town were fcw In
the houses were constructel OF
hewn logs and the roofs were
coveted with boards hand rivcn
from the "hito oaks and yellow
pines The grease lamp" ana tai
low candles furnished light at night
and In lieu OF stoves and radiators
there were wide.open fireplaces and
big stone ChimncyH. Mrs Taylor.
according to the sketch mentioned.
was n most remarkable woman,
possessing qualities OF generosity,
charity and bencvolencc to such an
extent that aho waA beloved and
admired by all. She died at the age
OF alNty.nlne years IN 1879.
mourned by tho entire nation"
A number OF years after its croc-
tion the building began to be used
Tor hotel purposes ana was the
faVorite stopping place OF the
leaders OF the Cherokee nation, All
the principal chiefs Of the nation
from the time OF John Ross TO the
last Incumbent have at times so
tournod for the time nt what be-
came known as tho National hotel
Senators and councilmcn ot the
nation have been entertained there
and travellers from distant states
and cities have been numbered
among tho guestg Principal Chief
Lewis Downing died at the hotel In
november, 1872, fow months after
his second election to the chief
Bincy The late Judge John H.
Thomas once stated IN an addrcs.
in tho capital square some two de.
cades ago, that he had hcon "A guest
az the hotel In 1858, when as d
young man. he was touring somt
portions of the southwest. There
have been others OF prominenc,
who slept within the thick walls OF
the noted old hostelry. Gov. Imciu,
NJ. FalrChild Of Wisconsin, a. NJ
Wilson OF ArkanEas ana Warren q
Sayre ~ Indiana. who we're mem,
bers of the first commission e
treat with the Cherokoes concern
ing the allotment OF thelr lands II
Fevcralty were comfortably quar-,
tered at the National hotel for som,
time In 1891, All through the year,
thcre were many notablos who whci
they visited the capital Of tn,
Chcrokces found Accommodation Al
the historlcal brick hotel and ever
al this time II s. being used for the
accommodation OF the public.
Practically all the first housc,
huilt In Tahlcquah have long since
dlsapcarcd but despite the changes
Of the passing years tho old Ma,
tinnal hotel vet stands as firm and
solid as when completed away back
Ia the pioneer days when thi.
region was young and when an Older