National Register Record for FRISCO STATION AT IDABEL

Historic Name: FRISCO STATION AT IDABEL
Current Name: SAME
Address: TEXAS AVENUE AND MAIN STREET
City: IDABEL            County: MCCURTAIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: FOR ALMOST FORTY YEARS, THE FRISCO STATION AT IDABEL WAS A CENTER OF COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IN THE TOWN. THE STATION WAS CONSTRUCTED IN EARLY 1912 AT A COST OF $10,000 FOR THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY. THIS BRICK DEPOT REPLACED A SMALLER FRAME BUILDING THAT HAD SERVED THE TOWN SINCE 1902. THE DEPOT WAS A SINGLE STORY BUILDING CLAD IN BRICK. THE DEPOT HAD A HIPPED ROOF COVERED IN TERRA COTTA TILE. THE ROOF FEATURES EYELID DORMERS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH FACES. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 5/21/1979. DESTROYED CA 1998.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: RAIL-RELATED
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: MISSION / SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: E.M. VANDERSLIP AND COMPANY, OK. CITY
Year Built: 1912            Original Site: YES
Condition: DESTROYED CA 1998
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: LOUIS COLEMAN TO AWARD MEREDITH, IDABEL, 2/1979, MCCURTAIN COUNTY HIST. SURVEY, IDABEL HIST. DISTRICT PAPERS, OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OKLA. CITY, OK; GEORGE H. SHIRK, OKLAHOMA PLACE NAMES, SECOND EDITION, NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, P.122
Date Prepared: 2/14/1979