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St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot (Frisco Depot)

Built in 1909 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

From the record

“Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot in Comanche, Texas, also known as the Frisco Depot and as the Comanche Depot, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.”
Wikipedia article St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot (Comanche, Texas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Comanche County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1909, Prairie School architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 304 S. Austin St., Comanche, 76442
When was it listed? December 2017
Category. building
Census division. Comanche
When was it built? 1909
Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
National Register reference number. 100001872 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

66 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot (Frisco Depot) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5,877 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Debris and open burning	15
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
5 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	850 CR 408
4 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	573 CVFD M/A
30 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6100 HWY 2318 COMANCHE
20 September 2017	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
10 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	INDIAN CREEK
5 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WILLINGHAM FIRE
24 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	W HWY 67/377
17 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DUDLEY HILL

Every fire recorded in Comanche County

Storms near this property

60 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Comanche, the town this property stands in, in 85 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 41 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2007	Flood	Comanche	$300,000	CR 396 was impassable due to high water. Numerous other county roads were damaged by flood waters and closed.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$80,000	The Comanche County Sheriff's Office reported a roof blown off of a building in Comanche. This same storm damaged several transformers, power lines and significant tree damage.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$45,000	Complete roof loss on a building in downtown. Also a metal shed on Highway 6 was destroyed.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$40,000	A downburst blew a chicken house away, did roof damage to a barn, and blew windows out.
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$25,000	Large tree limbs were blown onto vehicles and power lines. A large tree was blown down at the intersection of College Avenue and North Lane Street.
June 2007	Heavy Rain	Comanche	$20,000	A railroad train derailed after heavy rains caused portions of the track to wash out. Four cars fell over and the line had to be shut down.
April 2011	Hail	Comanche	$20,000	no account filed
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$20,000	no account filed
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$15,000	Tree damage was reported in and around Comanche. Some business signs and carports were also damaged.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$15,000	Large oak trees were snapped approximately 2/3 of the way up and an outbuilding was blown away.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Comanche	$10,000	Highway 36, FM 1476, and Highway 16 in and around Comanche were impassable due to high water in low lying areas. Some homes were also flooded.
April 2021	Lightning	Comanche	$5,000	Lightning damaged several lift station pumps for the City of Comanche.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Comanche	$5,000	Some homes and businesses were flooded in Comanche. Indian Creek overflowed its banks around South Houston Street covering the road with a few feet of water.
June 2009	Hail	Comanche	$5,000	A trained spotter reported Golfball size hail 1 mile west of Comanche.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$5,000	Power lines down in the Hasse area.
April 2011	Hail	Comanche	$2,000	Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 8 miles northwest of Comanche.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$1,000	A large tree was down across a county road south of Comanche.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$500	Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	$500	Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees in Comanche.
May 2018	Hail	Comanche	-	Baseball size hail reported 1 mile SSW of Comanche.
April 2017	Hail	Comanche	-	Comanche County Sheriff's Department reported quarter sized hail in the city of Comanche.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	Amateur radio reported a 60 MPH wind gust approximately 1 mile northwest of Comanche, TX.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Comanche County Sheriff's Department reported that Farm to Market Road 3200 was nearly impassable due to high water.
March 2014	Hail	Comanche	-	Quarter sized hail was reported in Comanche.
April 2011	Hail	Comanche	-	Quarter sized hail was reported 17 miles northwest of Comanche.
June 2009	Hail	Comanche	-	Nickel size hail was reported in Comanche.
June 2009	Hail	Comanche	-	Golfball size hail was reported 1 mile west of the city of Comanche.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	A 60 MPH wind gust was measured at the Comanche County Sheriff's Office.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	Relayed by Comanche County Sheriff.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Flooding reported on CR 341 and CR 328. Both roads were closed. The city park was also evacuated due to flooding.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Several spots on Highway 36 were flooded, as was FM 2318 and FM 587 near DeLeon.
June 2007	Flood	Comanche	-	Flooding continued from previous rains on FM 1447 north of Sidney.
May 2006	Hail	Comanche	-	Quarter-size hail reported at Sipe Springs.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	60 MPH wind gust measured in town.
March 2005	Hail	Comanche	-	Nickel size hail in Sydney.
March 2005	Hail	Comanche	-	Sheriff's dispatcher relayed several reports of pea to nickel size hail between Comanche and DeLeon.
March 2005	Hail	Comanche	-	Nickel size hail reported in Gustine.
March 2002	Hail	Comanche	-	Occurred on the east side of town.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2000	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Highway 16 and Highway 36, between Comanche and Gustine, was flooded due to heavy rain from thunderstorms.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Several roads throughout the county were reported flooded.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Numerous roads throughout the county were flooded and closed.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Numerous roads remained closed due to flooding.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Numerous roads remained closed due to flooding.
May 1997	Flash Flood	Comanche	-	Several roads in and around town were flooded by high water.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	A downburst blew a chicken house away, did roof damage to a barn, and blew windows out.
May 1995	Hail	Comanche	-	A downburst blew a chicken house away, did roof damage to a barn, and blew windows out.
October 1993	Hail	Comanche	-	Highway 587 just west of DeLeon was closed due to high water.
April 2016	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Comanche	-	no account filed
December 2004	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Comanche	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Comanche 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.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Comanche Downtown Historic District	0.2 miles	2023

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100001872 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Comanche County	All 3 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.
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.