First Cherokee Female Seminary Site
National Register of Historic Places

First Cherokee Female Seminary Site

Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Listed
April 29, 1974
Type
Site
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
74001658

About this property

The first Cherokee Female Seminary was a boarding school opened by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in Park Hill, Oklahoma. On Easter Sunday 1887, a fire burned the building, but the head of the school, Florence Wilson, made sure all the girls got out. Two years later, in 1889, the new Cherokee Female Seminary reopened and still stands just north of Tahlequah. Today the Cherokee Heritage Center stands on the grounds of the original Cherokee Female Seminary. The only Classical Revival architecture features to survive the 1887 fire, the school's columns still stand today and are surrounded by roses.

Location

Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
35.86648, -94.95329

Categories

NATIVE AMERICANEDUCATIONSOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was First Cherokee Female Seminary Site listed on the National Register?

First Cherokee Female Seminary Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 1974.

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First Cherokee Female Seminary Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Cherokee Female Seminary Site is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1851.

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