Sherman Institute was established in Riverside, California, as a federal school for the education of American Indians. It was dedicated on June 18, 1901, and named for James Schoolcraft Sherman, chairman of Indian Affairs in the House of Representatives, who promoted the appropriations act for its construction on May 31, 1900. The Sherman Indian Museum, dating from 1901, is the last of the original buildings of the Sherman Institute, the U.S. government Indian School, and originally served as the administration building for the Mission-styled complex built by Wilcox and Rose. The Administration Building of Sherman Institute has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.