Congregational Mission, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, White Shield, McLean County, ND
Summary
Significance: The Congregational Mission building was build at Fort Berthold in 1876 and designed by architect Charles Lemon Hall. Hall was among the many missionaries that came to the Great Plains region to teach Christian theology to the Native Americans. It was built following President Grant's "Peace Policy," which gave Christian churches responsibility for forming reservations. Such reservations also provided services to white settlers to the region.
Survey number: HABS ND-2
Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1892 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Hall, Charles Lemon
Case, Henry
Mattes, Merrill J, project manager
Bruce, Karl L, delineator
Bryan, John A, delineator
Mattison, Ray H, historian
Location
White Shield, 47.66139, -101.84517
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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