Peter Conser House, Historic wooden house in LeFlore County, United States.
The Peter Conser House is a wooden residence in vernacular style near Heavener, Oklahoma, standing on a 4-acre property that also holds a second contributing building. The 1894 house reuses a door and some rafters from Conser's earlier homes on the site.
Peter Conser, born around 1850, served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War before becoming Chief Lighthorseman of the Mosholatubbee District, the Choctaw Nation's equivalent of county sheriff. He settled in this area after the war, built a log house that burned in 1870 or 1875, then a second house, and finally the present house in 1894, reusing a door and some rafters from the earlier buildings. He lived here until his death in 1934.
Peter Conser was a Choctaw Nation lawman, Chief Lighthorseman of the Mosholatubbee District, a post comparable to county sheriff. The house he built in 1894 stands as the home of a figure in that nation's law-and-order system, and its fabric carries over a door and rafters from his earlier houses.
The house stands on a 4-acre property with two contributing buildings, reached by rural roads between Heavener and Hodgen in LeFlore County. The site is private, so arrange permission before travelling. Grounds are unpaved and conditions vary with season and recent weather.
The current house includes salvaged pieces from earlier buildings that burned down, such as an original door and wooden beams. These materials show how residents had to carefully use their resources and rebuild after disaster struck.
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