Baker Woodframe Grain Elevator

Baker Woodframe Grain Elevator
Location Off U.S. 64, Baker, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°52′12″N 101°1′0″W / 36.87000°N 101.01667°W / 36.87000; -101.01667Coordinates: 36°52′12″N 101°1′0″W / 36.87000°N 101.01667°W / 36.87000; -101.01667
Area less than one acre
Built 1926 (1926)
Built by Riffe & Gilmore Company
MPS Woodframe Grain Elevators of Oklahoma Panhandle TR
NRHP reference # 83002131[1]
Added to NRHP May 13, 1983

The Baker Woodframe Grain Elevator is a historic grain elevator in Baker, Oklahoma. The wood frame elevator was built in 1926 by the Riffe & Gilmore Company. The elevator operated continuously from its opening until at least the 1980s, and has played an important role in the local economy, which is largely dependent on wheat.[2]

The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Baker Wood-frame Grain Elevator". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved July 6, 2013.


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