Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator

Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator
The Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator from the southwest
Location Off Texas Ave., Hooker, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°52′3″N 101°12′39″W / 36.86750°N 101.21083°W / 36.86750; -101.21083Coordinates: 36°52′3″N 101°12′39″W / 36.86750°N 101.21083°W / 36.86750; -101.21083
Area less than one acre
Built 1926
Built by Riffe & Gilmore Co.
MPS Woodframe Grain Elevators of Oklahoma Panhandle TR
NRHP reference # 83002133[1]
Added to NRHP May 13, 1983

The Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator is a grain elevator in Hooker, Oklahoma. The elevator was built in 1926 by the Riffe & Gilmore Co. and operated by the Wheat Pool Elevator Company. Located along the Beaver, Mead & Englewood Railroad, the elevator served the local wheat industry; it was one of several elevatos built to compete with Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad elevators in the region.[2] The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1983.[1]

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: Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator" (PDF). Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved October 27, 2012.


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