National Register Record for SEMINOLE WHIPPING TREE

Historic Name: SEMINOLE WHIPPING TREE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 100 BLOCK WEWOKA AVENUE
City: WEWOKA            County: SEMINOLE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE WHIPPING TREE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING SYMBOL OF THE SEMINOLE TRIBE'S LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY MANNER OF DISPENSING JUSTICE. NR LISTED ON 5/22/81

Type: OBJECT
Historic Function: OTHER
Current Function: OTHER
Area of Significance 1: SOCIAL HISTORY
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: UNAPPLICABLE
Architect: None
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: RUTH, KENT, OKLAHOMA A GUIDE TO THE SOONER STATE. NORMAN: OU PRESS 1957, P. 358
Date Prepared: 12/80