Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator

Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator from the southwest
Location	Off Texas Ave., Hooker, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°52′3″N 101°12′39″W / 36.86750°N 101.21083°WCoordinates: 36°52′3″N 101°12′39″W / 36.86750°N 101.21083°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926
MPS	Woodframe Grain Elevators of Oklahoma Panhandle TR
NRHP Reference #	83002133[1]
Added to NRHP	May 13, 1983

The Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator is a grain elevator in Hooker, Oklahoma. The elevator was built in 1926 by the Riffe & Gilmore Co. and operated by the Wheat Pool Elevator Company. Located along the Beaver, Mead & Englewood Railroad, the elevator served the local wheat industry; it was one of several elevatos built to compete with Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad elevators in the region.^[2] The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1983.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator" (PDF). Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved October 27, 2012.