Wheelock Academy

Wheelock Academy

Infobox_nrhp | name =Wheelock Academy
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Millerton, Oklahoma
locmapin = Oklahoma
area =
built =1832
architect= Alfred Wright
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 21, 1965cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=719&ResourceType=District
title=Wheelock Academy |accessdate=2008-01-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000949

Wheelock Academy was the model academy for the five civilized tribes' academies. It was started as a missionary school for Choctaw girls, and is still owned by the Choctaw nation.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000949.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Wheelock Academy] |261 KB|date= |author=Joseph Scott Mendinghall |publisher=National Park Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/schools/county/choctawnat/wheelock.htm Wheelock Academy, Choctaw Nation, at OK Gen Web]


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