Society Sights (February 2022)

Then and Now Images of Sapulpa:
From at least 1914 to 1922, a structure stood in the Westport Addition and was once a school. It was a teacher college and a training school for African-American women and girls. The structure no longer exists because the school was moved to Muskogee; it is unknown when the building was torn down, officially, but the move took place in 1922. It had a couple of names listed as the organization: Oklahoma Training School, Oklahoma Baptist College [for women and girls]. It was believed to be located at 100 or 120 Wallace.
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Before the doors even opened, nearly 800 students were enrolled for the Oklahoma Baptist College. The program began with two educators and activists from Oklahoma City: Maude J. Brockway and Drusilla Dunjee Houston. It offered two-year teaching degrees above a high school education, as well as, domestic science in sewing, cooking, laundering, housekeeping, and sanitation.