National Register Record for DWIGHT MISSION

Historic Name: DWIGHT MISSION
Current Name: SAME
Address: 3 MI. SW OF MARBLE CITY
City: MARBLE CITY            County: SEQUOYAH
Section: 2           Township: 12N           Range: 23E          
Description of significance: DWIGHT WAS ONE OF ALMOST 70 MISSIONS IN INDIAN TERRITORY BETWEEN 1820 AND 1861. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER - 3/20/73

Type: S SITE
Historic Function: 06C CHURCH SCHOOL
Current Function: 06 RELIGION
Area of Significance 1: 135 NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: 260 RELIGION
Architectural Style: 81 NATIONAL FOLK
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1829            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FOREMAN, CAROLYN THOMAS, "THE GOSPEL TIDINGS OF DWIGHT MISSION," THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL XII (1934). FOREMAN, GRANT, THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, UNIV. OF OK PRESS, 1934.
Date Prepared: 2/72