Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2010.003.720 |
Collection |
McSorley, Jack Ward |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Date |
04/28/1995 |
Photographer |
McSorley, Jack Ward |
Description |
Color, 35 mm, transparency slide depicting the south elevation of Seminary Hall at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. The image was taken prior to the building's restoration. The building was completed in April 1889 as the Cherokee Female Seminary, an educational institution for women under the supervision of the Cherokee Nation. The building cost in excess of $60,000 and featured steam heating, a trunk elevator, and running water. The seminary reflected the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, the only example of a large public building in Tahlequah to do so. In August, the seminary doors officially opened for the instruction of students. The seminary continued to educate young Cherokee ladies for the next twenty years, until 1909, when the Cherokee Nation sold the building to the State of Oklahoma for use as a normal school. The building underwent two major renovations; the first occurred in 1929, and the second in 1975. The building's condition deteriorated until the1990s. Utilizing funding for capital improvements authorized by Oklahoma State Questions 649 and 650, the building underwent a $3.5 million-dollar upgrade. Jack McSorley, of McSorley Architects of Tulsa, OK, completed the plans to bring the building up-to-date with the latest technology and safety measures while maintaining the building's historical integrity. |
Search Terms |
Cherokee Female Seminary Northeastern State University Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Seminary Hall Tahlequah, OK |
Place |
Tahlequah, OK |