The Floris Grain Elevator, located off

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Floris, Oklahoma Floris is an unincorporated community in northwest Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. History The community was named after Floris Derthwick, who was the daughter of the townsite owner, Byron S. Derthwick.Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place N ...

, was built in 1900 or 1926. 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 __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United St ...

; it was deemed "significant because it is the only extant structure associated with the grain industry and the

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in Floris, Oklahoma. It also served an important function in the agriculture, commerce, and economy of Floris." With .

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National Register of Historic Places in Beaver County, Oklahoma Commercial buildings completed in 1900 Grain elevators in Oklahoma Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub