National Register Record for SANTA FE DEPOT & READING ROOM

Historic Name: SANTA FE DEPOT & READING ROOM
Current Name: SAME
Address: SANTA FE TRACKS
City: WAYNOKA            County: WOODS
Section: 2           Township: 24N           Range: 16W          
Description of significance: BUILT IN 1910,THIS DEPOT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATION'S FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.THE ONE-ROOM RED BRICK DEPOT SITS NEXT TO ONE OF THE FAMOUS HARVEY HOUSES, NOW THE READING ROOM. YOUNG AIRLINES, ONE FOUNDED BY CHARLES LINDBERGH, LANDED PASSENGERS AT THE WYNOKA AIRPORT AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE SANTA FE DEPOT WHERE THEY CAUGHT TRAINS TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS. LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER 6/20/74

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RAIL
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: TRANSPORTATION
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FISCHER, AARON, "WAYNOKA STRONG RAIL TOWN" THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, OCT 20 1957
Date Prepared: 1974