National Register Record for CHILOCCO INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

Historic Name: CHILOCCO INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Current Name: SAME
Address: US-77 AND COUNTY ROAD #E0018
City: NEWKIRK VICINITY            County: KAY
Section: THE SE ½ OF SECTION 14, SW ¼ OF SECTION 15, NE ¼ SECTION 22, AND NW ¼ SECTION 23           Township: 29N           Range: 4E          
Description of significance: THE CHILOCCO INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE LATE 1800S TO EDUCATE NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT INCLUDES 76 RESOURCES, INCLUDING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, SITES, AND OBJECTS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE YEARS THE SCHOOL OPERATED. OF THAT NUMBER, 65 ARE CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTING, WHILE 11 ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTRIBUTING. NOTABLE BUILDINGS INCLUDE LEUPP HALL, ORIGINALLY A ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE BUILDING DESIGNED BY EDMUND BIDWELL, THAT HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAWORTH HALL, A 1910 ROMANESQUE STYLE BUILDING DESIGNED BY PAULEY, HOYLAND, AND SMITH. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/8/2006.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HISTORY: NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: EDUCATION, ARCHITECTURE, POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: ROMANESQUE REVIVAL, FOLK VICTORIAN, CRAFTSMAN,COLONIAL REVIVAL, MODERN MOVEMENT, NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: BIDWELL, EDMUND AND PAULEY, HOYLAND, AND SMITH, ARCHITECTS; HOPPER, GEORGE, BUILDER
Year Built: 1883-1956            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2006