Idabel Station
Description
The building footprint is 102 feet (31 m) long by 24 feet (7.3 m) wide. The walls are red brick, and the entire building is covered with a clay tile roof. The roof has eyelid dormers on the north and south faces. A notable feature is that the eaves have an unusually wide 8 foot (2.4 m) overhang beyond the walls, because of the relatively high rainfall in this part of Oklahoma. It cost $10,000 to construct in 1912, and was built by the E. M. Vanderslip and Company of Oklahoma City.
NRHP listing
At the time the NRHP application was submitted, the station was still owned by the Frisco Railroad, which was using the building as a freight office with a one-man staff. However, the company was already planning to close the office, in which case it would demolish the structure to eliminate future maintenance costs. The Idabel Chamber of Commerce has moved into the building since then.
The McCurtain County Historical Society argued the building was the center of commercial and social activity for Idabel for 40 years, being the host of four passenger trains daily and also of freight trains, while there were no other common carriers serving Idabel. "Idabel" itself is named for Ida and Belle Purnell, daughters of a railway official.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Howard L. Meredith (February 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Frisco Station". National Park Service. Retrieved September 19, 2016. with photos
Preceding station | St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | Following station | ||
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Garvin toward Ardmore
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Ardmore – Hope | Duval toward Hope
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