Floris Grain Elevator

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Floris Grain Elevator
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LocationOff US 64, Floris, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°52′13″N100°42′28″W / 36.87028°N 100.70778°W / 36.87028; -100.70778
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 or 1926
MPS Woodframe Grain Elevators of Oklahoma Panhandle TR
NRHP reference No. 83004159 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1983

The Floris Grain Elevator, located off U.S. Route 64 in Floris, Oklahoma, was built in 1900 or 1926. [2]

It handled over 350,000 bushels of wheat in its first year of operation. It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma; it was deemed "significant because it is the only extant structure associated with the grain industry and the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad in Floris, Oklahoma. It also served an important function in the agriculture, commerce, and economy of Floris." [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Floris Grain Elevator". National Park Service . Retrieved December 20, 2017. With photo from 1982.