National Register Listing

Thomas Indian School

a.k.a. Thomas Asylum of Orphan and Destitute Indian Children

NY 438 on Cattaraugus Reservation, Irving, NY
Local significance of the district:
Landscape Architecture; Native American; Education; Architecture; Social History

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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