Pawhuska in Osage County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Blacksmith Home

Photographed by James Hulse, September 12, 2025

1. Blacksmith Home Marker

Inscription. Built in 1871, this 5-room house with native timbers and 18" thick sandstone walls was the first to be built in Pawhuska. When the Osages were moved from Kansas, Sid Delarue, a Swiss blacksmith, was promised the house if he would come to care for their horses. Listed in the “National Register of Historic Places” May 7, 1979, the house was acquired by donation from the First National Bank to the Pawhuska Community Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is May 7, 1876.

Location. 36° 39.81′ N, 96° 20.537′ W. Marker is in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in Osage County. It is on West Main Street (U.S. 60) east of Matthews Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 West Main Street, Pawhuska OK 74056, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Osage Nation

and in Greater Tulsa.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: "Osage in the Enemy Camp" (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of the First Osage Agency Building (about 600 feet away); "Million Dollar Elm" (approx. 0.2 miles away); Vernon Whiting (approx. ¼ mile away); An Answer To Prayer (approx. ¼ mile away); Restoring the Whiting Apartments

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(approx. ¼ mile away); The Swinging Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Friendship Between the Osage and the Occitan of Montauban (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pawhuska.