National Register Record for SACRED HEART MISSION SITE

Historic Name: SACRED HEART MISSION SITE
Current Name: BAKERY
Address: OFF SH 39 6 MI E. OF ASHER
City: ASHER            County: POTTAWATOMIE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST CATHOLIC MISSION, MONASTERY, POTOWATOMIE INDIAN SCHOOL, CONVENT AND GIRLS SCHOOL IN INDIAN TERRITORY

Type: B BUILDING
Historic Function: 02 COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: 98 VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: 030 ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: 260 RELIGION
Architectural Style: 47 ROMANESQUE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1883            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MURPHY, JOSEPH. INTERIVEW, SHAWNEE, OK. 9/25/81.; MURPHY, JOSEPH. TENACIOUS MONKS. JOSEPH, MURPHY. "THE MONASTIC CENTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT IN OKLHAOMA." UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA THESIS, 1942. SHAWNEE, OK: BENEDICTINE COLOR PRESS, 1968.
Date Prepared: 4/83