Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring

Built in 1911. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Frisco Depot and adjacent Antlers Spring are historic sites in Antlers, Oklahoma, United States. The sites are a part of the National Register of Historic Places, in which they appear as a single entry.”
Wikipedia article Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Pushmataha County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1911.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Main St., Antlers, 74523
When was it listed? June 1980
Category. building
Census division. Antlers
When was it built? 1911
National Register reference number. 80003298 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

354 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,732 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 113 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	120
Arson/incendiarism	113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	58
Equipment and vehicle use	30
Natural	13
Recreation and ceremony	9
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10551
9 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10498
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10488
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
4 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10522
4 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10316
4 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Two Unnamed Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antlers, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
November 1996	Flash Flood	Antlers	1 killed	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Antlers	$150,000	Baseball size hail damaged homes and automobiles.
April 2022	Hail	Antlers	$75,000	Golf ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$56,000	Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $56,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$50,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged businesses and blew down signs in and around Antlers.
March 2008	Hail	Antlers	$50,000	no account filed
January 2012	Flash Flood	Antlers	$25,000	A section of roadway was washed out between Antlers and Rattan.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines leaving nearly one thousand people without power. The wind also caused some roof damage.
March 2019	Hail	Antlers	$25,000	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Antlers	$25,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the awning of a gas station, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power lines.
September 2006	Tornado (F0)	Antlers	$20,000	A tornado destroyed a storage building and snapped trees.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds destroyed seven outbuildings.
November 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree landed on a vehicle and also pulled some power lines down causing a power outage.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home east of town.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$5,000	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$4,000	Part of a storage shed was blown down, and a tractor had its muffler torn off. Several pine trees and a hickory tree were blown down.
October 1998	Lightning	Antlers	$3,000	Lightning hit a home in Antlers, blowing a hole through a wall, destroying two TV sets and catching a set of curtains on fire.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$3,000	Several trees were blown down in Antlers. Trees and power lines were blown down throughout Pushmataha County.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	$500	Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines and trees.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree along Highway 3, west of Antlers.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees.
May 2015	Flood	Antlers	-	The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 8:00 am CDT on May 20th. The river crested for the first time at 33.75 feet at 1:00 am CDT on the 21st. The second crest occurred at 32.61 feet at 11:00 am CDT on the 23rd. The third crest occurred at 33.59 feet at 6:00 am CDT on the 25th. The final crest during this flood occurred at 33.97 feet at 11:30 am CDT on the 26th. Each of these crests was in the moderate flooding category. Campgrounds on the west bank of the river near Moyers were inundated and county roads east of Antlers were closed due to flooding. The river finally fell below flood stage at 1:15 pm CDT on the 28th.
May 2013	Flood	Antlers	-	The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 7:00 pm CDT on May 21st. The river crested at 30.68 feet at 10:00 am CDT on the 22nd, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 4:00 am CDT on the 23rd.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	A large tree was blown down across Highway 3.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees and several large tree limbs.
March 2008	Flood	Antlers	-	The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 1:00 a.m. cdt on March 19th. The river crested at 29.48 feet at 6:00 p.m. cdt on the same day. This crest classified the flood as a moderate flood. The river fell below its flood stage at 12:45 a.m. cdt on March 22nd.
March 2008	Flash Flood	Antlers	-	Heavy rain caused water to flow over a few county roads in the vicinity of Antlers.
March 2008	Flood	Antlers	-	The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 4:00 p.m. cst on March 3rd. The river crested at 26.75 feet at 1:00 a.m. cst on March 4th. A crest at this height is classified as a moderate flood. The river fell below its flood stage at 2:45 p.m. cst later that day.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	A storm survey team found intermittent tree damage south of the tornado paths, likely associated with strong wind gusts in the rear flank downdraft. Trees were snapped and large tree limbs were broken from just east of the Atoka-Pushmataha County line to near Antlers. A barn was destroyed and a house received minor damage.
December 2006	Flash Flood	Antlers	-	Locally heavy rainfall of three to five inches caused several roads to be flooded and closed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down two large trees.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs.
April 1995	Hail	Antlers	-	Severe thunderstorms across southern and parts of central Oklahoma produced large hail and damaging winds from early morning through early afternoon. Hail as large as golf balls was reported four miles northwest of Stonewall in Pontotoc County. In Hughes County tree limbs were downed three miles southeast of Gerty and three miles east of Citra. In Purcell in McClain County, lightning struck a large tree in front of a funeral home, splitting the trunknown and sending splinters as far as a block away. The exterior of the funeral home sustained major damage, as all windows and the glass from two doors were broken out by debris. Branches fell onto and damaged the guttering and siding of the home and a car sitting out front. The lightning bolt also traveled through the root system of the tree and caused the cement sidewalk to break in several places.
April 1995	Hail	Antlers	-	Severe thunderstorms across southern and parts of central Oklahoma produced large hail and damaging winds from early morning through early afternoon. Hail as large as golf balls was reported four miles northwest of Stonewall in Pontotoc County. In Hughes County tree limbs were downed three miles southeast of Gerty and three miles east of Citra. In Purcell in McClain County, lightning struck a large tree in front of a funeral home, splitting the trunknown and sending splinters as far as a block away. The exterior of the funeral home sustained major damage, as all windows and the glass from two doors were broken out by debris. Branches fell onto and damaged the guttering and siding of the home and a car sitting out front. The lightning bolt also traveled through the root system of the tree and caused the cement sidewalk to break in several places.
June 1995	Hail	Antlers	-	Thunderstorms moved across parts of western, central, and southeastern Oklahoma during the day, producing large hail and damaging winds. Lightning also struck and set fire to two houses. The largest hail was reported in Agra in Lincoln County, where hail up to three-inch diameter broke out more than 100 windows in a school and caused $30,000 in total damage. Throughout Agra other buildings sustained major roof damage and car windows were cracked and shattered. Severe thunderstorm winds were measured at 60 mph by the Oklahoma Mesonet in Guthrie in Logan County. These winds downed tree limbs just south of Guthrie. In Major County in Isabella, two-inch limbs were also downed by severe winds. Lightning struck and set fire to a house in Orion in Dewey County, burning it to the ground. Later in the day, lightning struck and set fire to the roof of a home in Durant in Bryan County. Damage to this home was estimated at $1,200.
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 14th produced strong winds. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a house 4.5 miles south of Soper, downed power poles near Soper and downed power lines and large tree limbs eight miles east of Antlers.
March 2019	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
March 2019	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
February 2001	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Antlers	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
February 2000	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Antlers	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80003298 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pushmataha County	All 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.