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| ID Number |
SG100004172 |
| Historic Name |
PONCA CITY MILLING COMPANY ELEVATOR |
| Description of Significance |
THE PONCA CITY MILLING COMPANY ELEVATOR IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH COMMERCE IN PONCA CITY BETWEEN 1922 AND 1959. INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE LOCALLY PROMINENT DONAHOE FAMILY FOR MOST OF ITS MOST PRODUCTIVE YEARS, THE PONCA CITY MILLING COMPANY ELEVATOR IS A COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES A SINGLE-STORY OFFICE/FLOUR STORAGE AREA, A SIX-STORY FLOUR MILL, AND CONCRETE GRAIN ELEVATOR, AND A LARGE SET OF CONCRETE, CYLINDRICAL GRAIN STORAGE BINS. TOGETHER, THIS COMPLEX WAS A SYMBOL OF WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY IN NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA DURING THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. ITS SALE TO INTERNATIONAL MILLING COMPANY IN 1945, WHICH CLOSED THE COMPLEX FOR GOOD IN 1959, REFLECTED BROADER CHANGES IN AMERICAN AGRIBUSINESS, SPECIFICALLY THE CONSOLIDATION OF FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES AMONG A HANDFUL OF CORPORATIONS. THOUGH VACANT TODAY, THE PONCA CITY MILLING COMPANY ELEVATOR REMAINS THE LARGEST AND BEST-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF A FLOUR MILLING AND GRAIN STORAGE OPERATION IN THE COMMUNITY. NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED 15 JULY 2019. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
114 WEST CENTRAL AVENUE |
| City |
PONCA CITY |
| County |
KAY |
| Lot |
11-20 |
| Block |
7 |
| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
BUILDING; STRUCTURE |
| Historic Function |
INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: MANUFACTURING FACILITY; AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE: STORAGE; COMMERCE/TRACE: SPECIALTY STORE |
| Current Function |
VACANT/NOT IN USE |
| Area Significance 1 |
COMMERCE |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
SEPTEMBER 2018 |
| Year Built |
1922-1959 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
ARCHITECT: HARNER & WYATT; BUILDER: CHAS A. DUNNING CONSTRUCTION CO.; BUILDER: GEORGE M. ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTION CO. |
| Architectural Style |
OTHER: CONCRETE TERMINAL GRAIN ELEVATOR; NEO-CLASSICAL REVIVAL |
| Roof Material |
CONCRETE |
| Wall Material |
CONCRETE; BRICK |
| Window Material |
STEEL |
| Door Material |
STEEL |
| Decorative Details |
"ROBIN HOOD FLOUR" GHOST SIGN ON CONCRETE STORAGE BINS |
| Condition |
FAIR |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
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