National Register Record for KOWETA MISSION SITE

Historic Name: KOWETA MISSION SITE
Current Name: KOWETA MANUAL LABOR BOARDING SCHOOL
Address: None
City: COWETAH            County: WAGONER
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: FIRST BUILT IN 1843 BY PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY ROBERT M. LAUGHRIDE, THIS IS THE SITE IS WHERE THE FIRST SCHOOL OF THE CREEK NATION. LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER 6/19/73

Type: SITE
Historic Function: EDUCATION
Current Function: None
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NATIONAL FOLK
Architect: None
Year Built: 1843            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Date Prepared: 1/73