The Ingersoll Tile Elevator, located in

Ingersoll, Oklahoma Ingersoll is a small unincorporated community in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. History Ingersoll was named for Philadelphia railroad owner, Charles E. Ingersoll. A post office was established September 13, 1901. The Choctaw Northern ...

, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1983. The

elevator An elevator or lift is a wire rope, cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or deck (building), decks of a building, watercraft, ...

is constructed of hollow red clay tiles. Built around 1920, it was added to the Register because of its significance in the transition from wooden grain elevators to concrete. The elevator stands on the north side of

US 64 U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 1 ...

and is in disrepair.

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Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Grain elevators in Oklahoma Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Infrastructure completed in 1920 {{oklahoma-geo-stub