Enid station
Enid | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Rock Island Line passenger station | ||||||||||||||||
![]() The depot, seen here on February 17, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 109 East Owen K. Garriott Road, Enid, Oklahoma 73701 | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1889 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1903 1928 | |||||||||||||||
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Rock Island Depot | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 109 Owen K. Garriott Road, Enid, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°23′25″N 97°52′37″W / 36.39028°N 97.87694°W | |||||||||||||||
Built | 1928 | |||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival[1] | |||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 79003639 | |||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | 1979 |
The Rock Island Depot is located in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.[1]
History
The
Building description
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The building is 195 feet (59 m) long and 26 feet (7.9 m) wide. The building architecture is electric, showing both Spanish and Italian influences. The lower section of the exterior wall is brick, while there is covered with stucco. The stucco is painted white, decorated with tan painted trim. The center section has a gabled roof, with semicircular walls extending above the roof line on each end. The large window in the center is arched. Other windows have an arch design embedded in the stucco.[3]
The building is single story and has 8 large rooms, for baggage handling, ticketing, waiting, and a covered concourse. Seven smaller rooms were for men's and women's restrooms and for storage. Since Oklahoma law required strict segregation of black and white passengers, there had to be two for each function.[3]
The station is not now used by the railroad. It was used as a farmer's market on Saturdays during 2011.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Rock Island Depot, #79003639 (PDF), National Park Service, 1989, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-25
- ^ "Enid History". www.visitenid.org.
- ^ a b c "Rock Island Depot – Enid, OK". waymarking.com February 18, 2012. Accessed November 24, 2016.