National Register Record for DRUMRIGHT GASOLINE PLANT NO. 2

Historic Name: DRUMRIGHT GASOLINE PLANT NO. 2
Current Name: DRUMRIGHT GASOLINE PLANT NO. 2
Address: RR #1 BOX 250
City: DRUMRIGHT            County: CREEK
Section: SW 1/4 OF SECTION 28           Township: 18N           Range: 7E          
Description of significance: DRUMRIGHT GASTOLINE PLANT NUMBER 2 IS THE OLDEST NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSTRUCTED IN 1917 TO PROCESS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMING IN FROM THE CUSHING OIL FIELD, PLANT NO. 2 WAS ONLY ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 250 SUCH PLANTS OPERATING IN THE AREA. IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE AREA PLANTS THAT REMAINS IN OPERATION TODAY. ORIGINALLY PART OF SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 7/27/1982.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/ MANUFACTURING
Current Function: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/MANUFACTURING
Area of Significance 1: INDUSTRY
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH HENRY A WITCHER, FORMER REGION MANAGER OF THE MIDCONTINENT GAS AND GAS PRODUCTS DIVISION OF SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY; INTERVIEW WITH JIM PARKER, OFFICER MANAGER, DRUMRIGHT GASOLINE PLANT
Date Prepared: JULY 1980