Rock Island Depot (Enid, Oklahoma)

Rock Island Depot
Location: Owen K. Garriott Blvd., Enid, Oklahoma
Built: 1928
Architectural style: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival[1]
NRHP Reference#: 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 Rock Island Railway built rail lines through Oklahoma Territory prior to the Land Run of 1893. Skeleton Station was constructed in 1889. That same year, M.A. Low, upon a visit to the station, renamed the location Enid.[2] When the Department of Interior moved the town site, this area became known as North Enid or Northington.[1] During the run, the Rock Island transported settlers into the Cherokee Outlet, stopping only at this location. Rock Island refused to stop at the new town site, and the Enid-Pond Creek Railroad War continued for a full year. A new depot was built in 1903. The current depot was constructed in 1928.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Rock Island Depot, #79003639, National Park Service, 1989, http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/nhrpdfs/79003639.pdf 
  2. ^ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/E/EN006.html
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