National Register Record for INDIAN UNIVERSITY OF TAHLEQUAH

Historic Name: INDIAN UNIVERSITY OF TAHLEQUAH
Current Name: None
Address: 320 ACADEMY
City: TAHLEQUAH            County: CHEROKEE
Section: 28           Township: T17N           Range: R22E          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1880, THIS SIMPLE, SQUARE, BRICK BUILDING SERVED AS THE HOME TO WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME BACONE UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED BY REVEREND ALMON BACONE AND THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. THE SCHOOL QUICKLY OUTGREW THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AND, WANTING A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION, MOVED TO MUSKOGEE IN 1885. THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL BUILDING LATER BECAME A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND WAS MODIFIED INTO ITS PRESENT, CLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE APPREARANCE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 7/6/76

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION
Current Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1880            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FOREMMAN, CAROLYN THOMAS, "BACONE INDIAN COLLEGE" UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT; MILLER, P. LYNN, "BACONE COLLEGE, NINETY YEARS OF INDIAN EDUCATION," DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1970;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN COMMENTS
Date Prepared: DECEMBER, 1975