National Register Record for ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER STATION

Historic Name: ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER STATION
Current Name: None
Address: 301 EAST MAIN STREET
City: ANADARKO            County: CADDO
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER STATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A, TRANSPORTATION, AS A SIGNIFICANT LOCAL EXAMPLE OF A RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RELATED PROPERTY, THE ONLY SUCH RESOURCE EXTANT IN ANADARKO. IT IS ALSO ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION C, ARCHITECTURE, AS THE TOWN'S ONLY EXAMPLE OF A "RAILROAD-MISSION-STYLE" BUILDING AS CREATED BY THE CRI&P RAILROAD FOR DEPOT BUILDINGS/PASSENGER STATIONS AND ONE OF THE ONLY FEW EXAMPLES OF MISSION REVIVAL DETAILING IN THE CITY. THE BUILDING IS A LATE MISSION/SPANISH REVIVAL-STYLE RAILROAD STATION HOUSE, AN ARCHITECTURAL TYPE UBIQUITOUS IN THE WESTERN STATES AMONG TRANSPORTATION-RELATED BUILDINGS IN THE 1910S-1930S. THE ANADARKO STATION EXHIBITS A LOW-PITCHED, TILED, HIPPED ROOF, SHAPED PARAPETS, AND PROJECTING, SHAPED RAFTER TAILS. IT RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF PHYSICAL INTEGRITY IN ALL OF THE REQUISITE ASPECTS, RETAINS A SETTING ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL, AND IS EASILY ABLE TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RISE AND DECLINE OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION AND RAILROAD ARCHITECTURE IN ANADARKO. LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER 08/31/2018.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION/RAIL-RELATED
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE/MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: BUILDER - CRI&P RAILWAY COMPANY
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: JANUARY 2018