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Cherokee Female Seminary
Front of the building
Location: Northeastern State University campus, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States Coordinates: 35°55′13″N 94°58′12″W / 35.92028°N 94.97°WCoordinates: 35°55′13″N 94°58′12″W / 35.92028°N 94.97°W Built: 1889[2] Architect: C.E. Illsley Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 73001558[1] Added to NRHP: April 5, 1973 The Cherokee Female Seminary, (not to be confused with the first Cherokee Female Seminary), serves as the centerpiece of Northeastern State University, located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States. The building was constructed to replace the original Cherokee Female Seminary that burnt to the ground Easter Sunday 1887. The Cherokee Council chose to rebuild the school on a 40-acre (160,000 m2) site north of Tahlequah. Two years later, on May 7, 1889, the dedication ceremonies were held in honor of the new building. The Female Seminary was owned and operated by the Cherokee Nation until March 6, 1909 when the State Legislature of Oklahoma passed an act providing for the creation and location of Northeastern State Normal School at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and for the purchase form the Cherokee Tribal Government of the building, land, and equipment of the Cherokee Female Seminary. At the start of the next academic year, on September 14, the first classes were held at the newly created Northeastern State Normal School, now NSU.[2]
Northeastern State University
Seminary Hall is the oldest building on NSU's campus and in 1994 the building was completely restored. The building now houses classrooms along with academic and faculty offices. It was the first campus classroom building wired for multimedia instruction. At the main entrance of the building is featured three Indian murals painted in the 1930s as a WPA project by Kiowa artists Stephen Mopope and Jack Hokeah and Pawnee artist Albin Jake.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "What We're Celebrating". Northeastern State University. 2008-02-14. http://www.nsuok.edu/centennial/history.html.
- ^ "Northeastern State University's historic Seminary Hall". Communicators Council. 2008-02-14. http://www.okhighered.org/newsletter/PhotoGallery/01-04-nsu-seminaryhall.html.
See also
National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Oklahoma Park Hill First Cherokee Female Seminary Site · Murrell Home · Park Hill Mission Cemetery · Ross Cemetey
Tahlequah Alston-Bedwell House · American Legion Hut · Cherokee Female Seminary · Cherokee National Capitol · Cherokee National Jail · Cherokee Supreme Court Building · M. E. Franklin House · French-Parks House · Indian University of Tahlequah · Dr. Irwin D. Loeser Log Cabin · Leonard M. Logan House · Rosamund House · Tahlequah Armory · Tahlequah Carnegie Library · Joseph M. Thompson House · Illinois Campground
Categories:- Aboriginal universities and colleges
- Northeastern State University
- National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- Buildings and structures in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
- Cherokee Nation (19th century)
- Female seminaries in the United States
- Oklahoma geography stubs
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