Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School

	Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	, Valentine, Arizona
Coordinates	35°23′12″N 113°39′37″W / 35.38667°N 113.66028°WCoordinates: 35°23′12″N 113°39′37″W / 35.38667°N 113.66028°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
Built by	Office of Indian Affairs
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	03001197
Added to NRHP	November 21, 2003

The Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School, which has also been known as the Truxton Canyon Indian School and as the Valentine Indian School, is a historic schoolhouse that was built in 1903. It was built using Colonial Revival architecture as a work of the Office of Indian Affairs, and was expanded, compatibly with the Colonial Revival style, in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

It was deemed significant for its role in "educating predominantly Hualapai but also Apache, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, Tohono O'odham (Papago), Pima, and Yavapai children during the early twentieth century", and also "as an expression of Office of Indian Affairs architecture during the 'Assimilation Policy' era, when boarding school buildings in Euroamerican styles were designed to educate Indian children in environments entirely foreign from their own. The architecture expressed the intent on the part of the federal government to separate a student from his or her family and culture and to provide basic skills for earning a living away from the reservation."^[2]^: 10

The school operated from 1903 until 1937. At the time of its NRHP nomination it was owned by the Hualapai Indian nation, which had plans to renovate the building.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Pat Haigh Stein (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School / Truxton Canyon Indian School / Valentine Indian School". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Pat Haigh Stein (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School / Truxton Canyon Indian School / Valentine Indian School". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos

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