E. M. Tucker Explained

E. M. Tucker was an American architect of St. Louis, Missouri, who worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

Tucker worked for the Illinois Central Railroad beginning in 1901. Tucker was a member of American Railway Engineering Association, and served in the Association's Committee XXIII Shops and Locomotive Terminals in 1920.^[1] At least six structures designed by Tucker are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Three stations, in Little Rock and Texarkana, Arkansas, and Washington, Missouri, are still in use by Amtrak as passenger stations.^{[2] [3]}

Works

• Missouri Pacific depot, Prescott, Arkansas, 1912^[4]
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Depot, Sikeston, Missouri, 1916, NRHP 0001549^[5]
• Missouri Pacific Freight Station, Independence, Kansas, 1916^[6]
• Missouri Pacific Roundhouse, Joplin, Missouri, c1917^[7]
• Missouri Pacific Depot, Charleston, Missouri, 1917, NRHP 72000722^[8]
• Missouri Pacific Passenger Station, Mineral Point, Missouri, 1918^[9]
• Missouri Pacific Depot, El Dorado, Kansas, 1918, NRHP 94000429^[10]
• Union Station, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1921, NRHP 77000270^{[11] [12]}
• Missouri Pacific Station, Lake Village, Arkansas, 1922^[13]
• Missouri Pacific Station, Washington, Missouri, 1923^[14]
• Missouri Pacific Station, Harrisburg, Arkansas, c1923
• Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1925^{[15] [16]}
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Station, Malvern, Arkansas, 1925^[17]
• Missouri Pacific Building, St. Louis, Missouri, 1928, NRHP 02001441, Mauran, Russell & Crowell with E. M. Tucker^{[18] [19]}
• Union Station, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1930, NRHP 78000611

Notes and References

1. Book: Association, American Railway Engineering. Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association. 1920-01-01. American Railway Engineering Association.. en.
2. Web site: Little Rock, AR — Great American Stations. www.greatamericanstations.com. 2016-07-26.
3. Web site: Texarkana, AR — Great American Stations. www.greatamericanstations.com. 2016-07-26.
4. Web site: Walks through History: Prescott Commercial Historic District (PDF) . Silva. Rachel. March 12, 2011. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Department of Arkansas Heritage. July 25, 2016.
5. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Halter. Andrew M., and Roger Maserang. May 2000. State Historic Preservation Office. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. July 24, 2016.
6. Book: The American Contractor. 1916-01-01. F. W. Dodge Corporation. en.
7. Book: Engineering News-record. 1916-01-01. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. en.
8. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. Holmes. M. Patricia. November 14, 1972. State Historic Preservation Office. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. July 24, 2016.
9. Book: Railway Review. 1918-01-01. Railway Review. en.
10. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Hagedorn-Krass. Martha. March 29, 1994. Kansas Historical Society. July 24, 2016.
11. Book: The American Contractor. 1920-01-01. F. W. Dodge Corporation. en.
12. Book: Potter, Janet Greenstein. Great American Railroad Stations. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 1996. 978-0471143895. New York. 234, 236.
13. Book: Manufacturers' Record. 1922-01-01. en.
14. Web site: Washington, MO — Great American Stations. www.greatamericanstations.com. 2016-07-25.
15. Book: The American Contractor. 1922-01-01. F. W. Dodge Corporation. en.
16. Web site: Health and Medicine - Encyclopedia of Arkansas. www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. 2016-07-26.
17. Book: The American Contractor. 1915. F. W. Dodge Corporation. en.
18. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Josse. Lynn. April 22, 2002. State Historic Preservation Office. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. July 24, 2016.
19. Book: American Architect and Architecture. 1928. J. R. Osgood & Company. en.