Kingfisher College

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name = Kingfisher College
established = 1895
closed = 1922
type = College
affiliation = Congregational church
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president = Julius Temple House (first)
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city = Kingfisher
state = Oklahoma
country = United States
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location = Kingfisher, Oklahoma
nearest_city = Kingfisher, Oklahoma
area = Agricultural
built = 1895
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added = 1976
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governing_body = Private

Kingfisher College was a college in Kingfisher, Oklahoma from 1895-1922. ["National Register of Historic Places." [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OK/Kingfisher/state.html Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.] Retrieved on 5-30-2008.] First opened in an old hotelHanneman, Carolyn G. "Kingfisher College." [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/K/KI011.html] Oklahoma State University-Stillwater. Retrieved on 5-30-2008.] in Kingfisher on September 2, 1895, the college was the 42nd with ties to the Congregational church in America. Enrollment was increasing until World War I, when it sharply fell. ] The college was forced to close in 1922, due to declining donations and cheaper tuition at schools such as Central State Normal School.

The Pentecostal Holiness Church bought the site, where King's College was open for ten years before closing. The college waited until 1976 to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. ]

The records, degrees and library holdings were transferred to the University of Oklahoma, per a 1927 agreement by the Kingfisher Board of Trustees."Department of Philosophy." [http://catalog.ou.edu/current/Philosophy.htm Philosophy.] University of Oklahoma. Retrieved on 5-30-2008.] The Kingfisher College Chair of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics was created at OU in 1951 after a thirty-thousand dollar endowment. ] Thirteen years later, the entire endowment fund was transferred to the University of Oklahoma. ]

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