Wheelock Church

Wheelock Church
Nearest city Millerton, Oklahoma
Coordinates 33°59′26″N 94°59′25″W / 33.99056°N 94.99028°W / 33.99056; -94.99028Coordinates: 33°59′26″N 94°59′25″W / 33.99056°N 94.99028°W / 33.99056; -94.99028
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1846
NRHP Reference # 72001464[1]
Added to NRHP November 09, 1972

Wheelock Church (also known as Wheelock Mission Church) is a historic church building in Millerton, Oklahoma. Built in 1846, it is the oldest surviving church building in the state of Oklahoma and the oldest church among the Choctaw nation.

The congregation was established in 1832, and the current stone church building was constructed in 1846 with a cemetery established across the road. Buried in the cemetery is Alfred Wright, a physician and missionary to the Choctaw Native Americans. Wright translated many books into the Choctaw language, including the New Testament.

In 1832 Wright also founded the nearby Wheelock Academy, which the Choctaw Council sanctioned as a girls seminary in 1842. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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