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LocationState Route 9,
East Kamiah vicinity, ID
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Documentation compiled after 1933.
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Survey number HABS ID-2
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-2).
Building/structure dates:
1870 initial construction
Significance: Shortly after Henry T. Cowley arrived in Lapwai (now Spalding) in 1871, the Indian Agency built this house for him near Kamiah, where he was to organize a school and mission among the Nez Perce Indians. He left in June, 1873, for Washington, where he reportedly founded the city of Spokane. Rev. Henry Spalding then lived in the house until his death in 1874. He was followed by two sister missionaries, Sue and Kate Macbeth. After providing shelter for many other missionaries, the house is now owned by Nez Perce Indians of the area.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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