Yakima Indian Agency Building

Toppenish, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Yakima Indian Agency Building in Toppenish, Washington, is a Neoclassical structure designed by local architect John W. Maloney for the federal Indian Bureau. Constructed in 1921 as a single story and enlarged with a second story in 1931, the building originally served as the agency's administrative seat and liaison point with the Yakama Nation. After the Indian Bureau vacated it in 1946, the structure was sold to the local school district in 1949 and operated as a junior high school until 1954. It was then repurposed as a library, and in 1976 a local history museum was added. Today it is known by all three of its historical uses and appears on the National Register of Historic Places.