{"nrhp_refnum":"80000831","name":"Administration Building, Sherman Institute","other_names":["Sherman (Indian) Museum","Sherman Indian High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9010 Magnolia Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Riverside","county":"Riverside County","state":"CA","lat":33.924908274000074,"lon":-117.43774389099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former Administration Building of Sherman Institute, now the Sherman Indian Museum, at 9010 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, California. It was built in 1901-02 to a design by Wilcox and Rose.","why_significant":"It is the only original building remaining on the Sherman Institute campus, which grew from a state function into a school of national importance for Indian education. The building has associations with leaders such as James S. Sherman and was the center of policy projects like the five-year Navajo program. Its railroad-depot style also set it apart from the mission-style buildings on the campus.","narrative":"Built in 1901-02 and designed by Wilcox and Rose, this former administration building at 9010 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside is the only original structure left on the Sherman Institute campus. It was styled after railroad depots of the period rather than the mission architecture used for the other campus buildings. The square, stuccoed brick building has overhanging eaves and originally had a cement verandah; additions, a 1933 post office room and a 1960 remodel changed details but kept its old appearance. Nearby palms in Memorial Park date to the 1901 dedication. The school replaced the Perris Indian School and drew students from California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Named for James S. Sherman, later vice president under William H. Taft, the institution became important in American Indian education, and this building hosted policy work such as a five-year Navajo program. Since 1970 it has served as a school museum and records repository.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Wilcox and Rose","architectural_style":"Style common to railroad depots at the turn of the century (not the mission style of other campus buildings)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Administration offices moved out in 1970 and the building became a school museum sponsored by the Sherman Alumni Association; the form lists its condition as good and its present use as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.503102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000831.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000831/3d91ca6fd6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000831/3d91ca6fd6-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Josiah.r.white","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherman_Indian_Museum_Exterior.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Josiah.r.white</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherman_Indian_Museum_Exterior.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860429","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66503498"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/riverside-county/administration-building-sherman-institute-80000831/"}