Atauloma Girls School
National Register of Historic Places

Atauloma Girls School

Afao, Western County, American Samoa
Listed
March 16, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
72001445

About this property

The Atauloma Girls School is a historic parochial school building in Afao village on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, United States. The London Missionary Society began construction in 1900, making it the second secondary school on Tutuila (after the Fagalele Boys School), and the first to admit girls. For most of its history it prepared girls primarily to be pastors' wives, and after 1913 provided graduates to the nursing school at the naval station at Pago Pago. Its establishment saved Tutuila girls the necessity of travel to Upolu for secondary school, which separated them from their families and exposed them to the dangers of the international port at Apia. Atauloma was abandoned by 1970. The school was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It was featured on the television program Ghost Hunters International in its third-season episode "Ghoul's School" in 2012.

Location

Afao, Western County, American Samoa
-14.32617, -170.80288

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When was Atauloma Girls School listed on the National Register?

Atauloma Girls School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Atauloma Girls School?

Atauloma Girls School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Atauloma Girls School is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1900.

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