Seger Indian Training School
Seger Indian Training School is located in Oklahoma
Seger Indian Training School
Seger Indian Training School is located in the United States
Seger Indian Training School
LocationE edge of Colony, Colony, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°20′41″N 98°40′11″W / 35.34472°N 98.66972°W / 35.34472; -98.66972
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1893 (1893)
NRHP reference No.71001080[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1971
Removed from NRHPJanuary 1, 1973

The Seger Indian Training School was a historic school on the eastern edge of Colony, Oklahoma. John Homer Seger, a white settler in the Indian Territory, founded the school in 1893. Seger had come to the Darlington Agency in 1875 to work as a teacher, and he established the Seger Colony (the predecessor of Colony) in 1886 with 120 Arapaho. His school taught farming and industrial skills to Native Americans until it closed in 1941; one of the buildings later became Colony's public school.[2]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971; at the time, its buildings were stated to be in poor condition. It was destroyed by fire under mysterious circumstances on September 7, 1971.[3] It was removed from the Register in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Ruth, Kent (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Seger Indian Trading School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mystery Fire Destroys Historic Colony Schoolhouse". The Daily Oklahoman. September 8, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.