National Register Record for WALTERS ROCK ISLAND DEPOT

Historic Name: WALTERS ROCK ISLAND DEPOT
Current Name: SAME
Address: 220 W. NEVADA
City: WALTERS            County: COTTON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: COMPLETED IN 1920, THE ROCK ISLAND DEPOT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION IN COTON COUNTY AND AS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF STATION ARCHITECTURE ON THE ROCK ISLAND LINE. BEING ON THE RAIL LINE WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HAVING WALTERS DESIGNATED THE COUNTY SEAT, TAKING THE HONOR FROM NEARBY RANDLETT. THE ROCK ISLAND CONSTRUCTED THIS FIREPROOF, PICTURESQUE DEPOT TO PLACATE THE TOWN AFTER THE PREVIOUS DEPOT WAS DESTROYED IN A FIRE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/3/98.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RAIL RELATED
Current Function: CLUBHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: RENNAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1920            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MARTIN, ALBRO, 1992; THE COTTON COUNTY ENTERPRISE, 1920-1921; THE COTTON ELECTRIC CURRENT, 1984; FALK, PRIOR, 1936; CUNNIGHAM, THELMA, 1998; WILSON, LURA, 1936; WEEDMAN AND WOLGAMUTH; RAILROADS OF OKLAHOMA, 1970; THE WALTERS NEW ERA, 1920.
Date Prepared: 1998