National Register Record for KINGFISHER COLLEGE SITE

Historic Name: KINGFISHER COLLEGE SITE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 1 MILE EAST OF CITY
City: KINGFISHER            County: KINGFISHER
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS AGRICULTURAL FIELD ONCE BUSTLED WITH ACTIVITY, AS HOME TO KINGFISHER COLLEGE. THE COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1890, WITH ITS FIRST PERMANENT BUILDING, PARKER HALL, BEING BUILT IN 1896-1897. THE COLLEGE COMPLEX LATER INCLUDED GILBERT HALL, OSGOOD HALL, AND SEAY HALL. KINGFISHER COLLEGE WAS KNOWN IN THE REGION FOR ITS HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND THE QUALITY OF ITS MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. IN ALL, THE SCHOOL WAS ONLY IN OPERATION UNTIL 1922. AFTER THE COLLEGE CLOSED, THE BUILDINGS FELL INTO DISREPAIR AND WERE EVENTUALLY DESTROYED. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER - 10/22/76.

Type: SITE
Historic Function: EDUCATION: COLLEGE
Current Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: None
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1896            Original Site: YES
Condition: RUINS
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: ECHOES OF EIGHTY-NINE. COMPILED BY THE KINGFISHER STUDY CLUB, 1939; AN ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT A HISTORY OF KINGFISHER COLLEGE. REPORT PRESENTED AAT THE KINGFISHER REUNION, 1974.
Date Prepared: 10/22/76