It then served as a private residence until 1983, and is now used for storage by the present owner, Minnesota West Community and Technical College.

[2] In 2006 the property was added to the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota as it was considered to be in immediate need of stabilization.

[3] The superintendent's house is the last of what was once a boarding school campus of more than 60 buildings, and one of only 11 built of red quartzite.

Education was recognized by the federal government as a way to increase control over them while at the same time separating them from their cultural ties.

Children from many parts of the Midwestern United States and from tribes including the Dakota, Oneida, Pottawatomie, Arikaree, Sac and Fox were brought to the school, often with strong objections from their parents.