National Register Record for KCS RAILWAY DEPOT

Historic Name: KCS RAILWAY DEPOT
Current Name:
Address: 1 SOUTH HIGHWAY 59
City: STILWELL            County: ADAIR
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE KCS RAILWAY DEPOT, AT 1 SOUTH HIGHWAY 59 IN STILWELL, ADAIR COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IS BEING NOMINATED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN THE AREA OF CRITERION A, TRANSPORTATION, AS A RAIL-RELATED PROPERTY SIGNIFICANT IN THE HISTORY OF STILWELL, OKLAHOMA. ERECTED IN 1915 AT 1 SOUTH HIGHWAY 59 IN STILWELL, ADAIR COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, BY THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY, THE BUILDING IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW OF ITS TYPE CONSTRUCTED BY THAT CORPORATION. WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE STILWELL KCS RAILWAY DEPOT PROVIDED LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITH GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO ACQUIRE AND WITH A WAY TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE, 1915–1965, CONTINUED FROM 1915 UNTIL THE KCS RAILWAY’S PASSENGER TRAFFIC BEGAN TO SEVERELY DECLINE. THE RAILROAD TERMINATED PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1969 AND IN 1971 SOLD THE BUILDING THE CITY OF STILWELL. THE KCS RAILWAY DEPOT RETAINS SUFFICIENT INTEGRITY OF LOCATION, SETTING, DESIGN, MATERIALS, WORKMANSHIP, FEELING, AND ASSOCIATION TO ENABLE ITS LISTING UNDER CRITERION A, TRANSPORTATION, FOR ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN STILWELL’S TRANSPORTATION HISTORY.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: RAIL RELATED
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: MISSION
Architect: GOODLANDER CONSTRUCTION, BUILDER
Year Built: 1915            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2015