National Register Record for HOLLOWAY'S STATION

Historic Name: HOLLOWAY'S STATION
Current Name: THE NARROWS
Address: ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF RED OAK
City: RED OAK            County: LATIMER
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: HOLLOWAYS STATION WAS ONE OF TWELVE STOPS IN INDIAN TERRITORY ON THE ROUTE OF THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE. THE STATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY WILLIAM HOLLOWAY AND THE SITE ONCE INCLUDED HIS RESIDENCE. THE STATION CLOSED IN THE 1860S WHEN THE ROUTE ENDED. SEVERAL GRAVES ARE ALL THAT REMAIN TO MARK THE SITE TODAY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/13/1972.

Type: SITE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION
Current Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: COMMUNICATIONS
Architectural Style: None
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1858            Original Site: YES
Condition: RUINS
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CONKLING, ROSCOE P AND MARGARET B, "THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL 1857-1869" THE ARTHUR H CLARK CO, 1947 ; REPORT ON THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL, A SPECIAL COMMITTTEE REPORT, THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL XXXVI, (1958)
Date Prepared: DECEMBER 1971