Baker Woodframe Elevator

The Baker Woodframe Elevator was a historic grain elevator in Baker, Oklahoma. The wood frame elevator was built for the Kimber Milling Company in 1926. The elevator was located at the intersection of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Beaver, Meade and Englewood . The railroad shipped wheat harvested in Baker to the Gulf Coast. The elevator operated until 1974, when the railroads ended their service to Baker.[2] No remains of this elevator are evident. It existed just north of another elevator built in the 1970s that still remains.

Baker Woodframe Elevator
Baker Woodframe Elevator is located in Oklahoma
Baker Woodframe Elevator
Baker Woodframe Elevator is located in the United States
Baker Woodframe Elevator
LocationSR 2847, Baker, Oklahoma
Coordinates36°52′14″N 101°1′3″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
Built byKimber Milling Company
MPSWoodframe Grain Elevators of Oklahoma Panhandle TR
NRHP reference No.83002130[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1983

The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1983.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Baker Wood-frame Elevator". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved July 6, 2013.


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