Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building

The Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building is a historic mission off W. 6th St., one-half mile west of Wanamaker Road in Topeka, Kansas. It was built in 1849 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Off W. 6th St., 0.5 mi. W of Wanamaker Rd., Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates	39.05641°N 95.77467°W / 39.05641; -95.77467
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1849
NRHP reference No.	71001089[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1971

It served Pottawatomie Native Americans who had been relocated in 1847 to a reservation on the Kansas River west of Topeka. Baptist missionaries Robert Simerwell and Rev. Johnston Lykins came to the reservation in 1848.[2]

When the building was in use as a school it was a three-story building made of ashlar stone 85 by 35 feet (26 m × 11 m) in plan, with 12 rooms and 60 windows and doors.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building". National Park Service. Retrieved December 22, 2017. With two photos from 1971.