National Register Record for SINCLAIR LOADING RACK

Historic Name: SINCLAIR LOADING RACK
Current Name: SAME
Address: HIGHWAY 270 SOUTH OF LAKE ROAD
City: SEMINOLE            County: SEMINOLE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE OLDEST AND BEST PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE IN THE SEMINOLE OIL FIELD. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER - 8/5/85

Type: U STRUCTURE
Historic Function: 10 INDUSTRY/PROCESSING EXTRACTION
Current Function: 98 VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: 160 INDUSTRY
Area of Significance 2: 290 TRANSPORTATION
Architectural Style: 98 INAPPLICABLE
Architect: SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY
Year Built: 1928            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: LAGENKAMP, ROBERT B. THE ILLUSTRATED PETROLEUM REFERENCE DICTIONARY, TULSA: PENWELL BOOKS, 1980.; UREN, LESTER C., PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING. NEW YORK: MCGRAW-HILL CO., 1939.
Date Prepared: 2/85