National Register Record for WHEELOCK CHURCH

Historic Name: WHEELOCK CHURCH
Current Name: WHEELOCK MISSION CHURCH
Address: ABOUT 2 MILES NE OF MILLERTON
City: MILLERTON VICINITY            County: MCCURTAIN
Section: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 34           Township: 6S           Range: 22E          
Description of significance: WHEELOCK CHURCH IS ONE OF OLDEST CHURCHES IN OKLAHOMA. THE CONGREGATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1832 AND THE CURRENT BUILDING WAS FINISHED IN 1846. IT IS A SINGLE STORY GABLE FRONT STONE BUILDING WITH A SQUARE WOODEN STEEPLE. THE STONE WALLS ARE APPROXIMATELY 20-INCHES THICK. THE CHURCH WAS DAMAGED IN THE 1860S AND WAS UNUSED FOR MANY YEARS. IT WAS RESTORED IN 1882 AND WAS USED REGULARLY UNTIL 1900. FROM 1900 TO 1946, IT WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. AFTER THAT TIME, THE CHURCH WAS AGAIN USED FOR REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/09/1972.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY: CHURCH
Current Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY: CHURCH
Area of Significance 1: RELIGION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1846            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: EVANS, JEAN, " HISTORY OF WHEELOCK ACADEMY IS TRACED," MCCURTAIN DAILY GAZETTE, IDABEL, OKLAHOMA, DEC 31, 1970 AND JAN 1 1971; RUTH, KENT, ET AL, "OKLAHOMA: A GUIDE TO THE SOONER STATE", UNIV OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1957 PP 373-374
Date Prepared: FEB 1972