The Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, also known as The Grant Foreman House, (1419 West Okmulgee) is a house in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee is a city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Muskogee County, and home to Bacone College. The population was 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma....

 built by John R. Thomas

John R. Thomas

John Robert Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, Thomas attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Indiana....

 in 1905 on a tract of prairie

Prairie

Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...

 land. It was later named after Thomas' son-in-law, Grant Foreman, by the Muskogee Historical Society and the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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The house is a satellite museum of the Three Rivers Museum, located in Muskogee. Grant Foreman and his wife Carolyn Thomas Foreman wrote books about Oklahoma history. On display are many of their possessions, including books and memorabilia, photos, documents and Native American works of art.

External links

• Thomas-Foreman Historic Home - Three Rivers Museum
• Historic Homes of Muskogee Oklahoma