Farmers' Exchange Elevator
OK 45, Goltry, OKThe Farmers' Exchange Elevator in Goltry, Oklahoma is significant because it marks the permanency of the wheat industry as the communities major source of income and indicates advances in agriculturally related technology specifically the use of hollow red clay tile as a building material instead of wood because of its incombustible properties and its ability to be formed into cylindrical storage bins that yield a greater storage capacity over the older square type. Goltry was founded in 1907 when the town of Koroma moved to situate itself on the railroad. The elevator was built along the railroad in the 1920s and still provides the community with a capacity of 30,000 bushels helping to keep the small community functioning as an area center for crop distribution and banking.
Local significance of the structure:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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