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Historic church in Oklahoma, United States

United States historic place


Cupco Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Nearest city	Yanush, Oklahoma
Coordinates	34°41′45″N 95°18′33″W / 34.69583°N 95.30917°W / 34.69583; -95.30917
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1889
NRHP reference No.	80003273
Added to NRHP	November 6, 1980

Cupco Church (also known as Cupco Free Will Baptist Church) is a historic church building near Yanush, Oklahoma. It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It is 35 by 25 feet (10.7 m × 7.6 m) in plan and has a small wooden bell tower near the front gable.

It is located south of Yanush off of Oklahoma State Highway 2.

The NRHP nomination of 1979 stated that the church "is one of Southeast Oklahoma's oldest continuously functioning churches. It was built by Methodist missionaries, instrumental agents in the forceful accommodation of the Choctaws to white culture. By 1889 when the church was built, it was already assumed that the Choctaws were assimilated into the Christian religion. The Choctaw Nation maintained the church for tribal members of the Methodist faith until 1914. At that time the building and grounds were sold to the Oklahoma Free Will Baptist Association. In spite of, or perhaps because of, denominational change, most of the approximately fifty member congregation are Choctaw."

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Susan Peterson; Annetta L. Cheek (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cupco Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1979

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