National Register Record for MARDOCK MISSION

Historic Name: MARDOCK MISSION
Current Name: BIG JIM MISSION
Address: None
City: NORMAN VICINITY            County: CLEVELAND
Section: 20           Township: 9N           Range: 1E          
Description of significance: ESTABLISHED IN 1897 BY THE WOMENS NATIONAL INDIAN ASSOCIATION, THIS MISSION WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ASSOCIATED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN T. MARDOCK. THE MISSION WAS AIMED AT THE BIG JIM BAND OF THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE, BUT GREW TO BECOME A CENTERPOINT OF A WHITE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA AS WELL. DURING WORLD WAR I, THE MISSION WAS THE CENTER OF A SOCIALIST AGRARIAN MOVEMENT THAT DWINDLED AWAY DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/14/83.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: CHURCH SCHOOL
Current Function: VACANT/ NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: T-PLAN
Architect: None
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 24, P. 301 AND VOLUME 33, PP. 176 - 181; INTERVIEW WITH JOHN WOMACK, APRIL 1982.
Date Prepared: 1982