Sep 2, 2010
This modern church on the prairie is an architectural icon, a tribute to the ingenuity of architect Bruce Goff, and to the congregation that brought his design to life. This place matters to its community, to Oklahoma, and to modern architecture lovers.
This unique treasure, designed by Bruce Goff while Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of...
| Location Class: •Church |
| City: Edmond |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Aug 18, 2010
This bank is located on Main street in Coyle, Ok. The bank is one of two original buildings on Main street that is still standing and still salvageable. The other remaining building is the former Iowa Tribe smoke shop. It is unknown if the tribe has any plans for that building. The bank building was the first in town to be built of native red sandstone. The new...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Coyle |
| Photographer: •SaraNearGuthrie |
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Aug 3, 2010
The Bryant Center opened in the northeast side of Oklahoma City in September of 1960. It featured a bowling alley, dance center, a restaurant and a private supper club. Bryant Center was the epicenter of life for the long suppressed “negro” section of town and as quoted by the Oklahoman, featured “activites for both whites and negros”....
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Jul 3, 2010
First, let me open with special thanks to the following in their assistance researching Joyland:
Rick Davis of Darkride & Fun house enthusiasts.
DAFE.org
Nick Marsh of Remember Joyland.
JoylandWichita.org
Brian Reichow of Casa Brian
CasaBrian.com
Joyland Park was founded by Lester Ottaway and his sons, Herbert and Harold, to serve as the home for a...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Wichita, KS |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Jun 10, 2010
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: El Reno |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Jun 8, 2010
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Jones |
| Photographer: •Billy! |
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Jun 7, 2010
This is the old Morrison Grain storage silo.
The new building of Morrison Grain and Ag Services was founded in May of 2004. Tina and Doug Will along with Billie and Bryan Chrz purchased the existing Morrison Grain and Fertilizer business from Lecia and Kelly Leigh.
They handle bulk feeds, sack feeds, agricultural supplies, and a myriad of products there. ...
| Location Class: •Industrial •Commercial •Farm |
| City: Morrison |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Jun 6, 2010
Originally called “Morton Memorial Hospital”, the Morton Health Care Center was moved to a new and modern structure in 2006. The original Morton Health Care center sits and slowly decays. When it was first built, it was just a single 3 story brick building, then a large addition was added onto it as well as 2 other buildings later on.
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Jun 5, 2010
The Marion was built in 1908 and is one of the few buildings remaining near the time of statehood. The Marion boasted deluxe single and double rooms for rent and long term living in it’s heyday. The three story wooden structure has been boarded up for decades. The roof and inside structure are both in poor conditions.
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| City: Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •Billy! |
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Jun 4, 2010
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“Eastern State Hospital has been a major factor in the economy of Craig County since 1913, and its influence in mental health matters has extended well beyond its service area. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the mentally ill first were cared for through contract with private sanitariums. In Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation had maintained...
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: Vinita |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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May 12, 2010
Founded from the creation of an amended charter issued by the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad company, the famous Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was established on February 7, 1851 with the first lines running between Chicago and Joliet, Illinois. The rail line was continued on to La Salle and finally reached Rock Island in 1854. The railroad continued...
| Location Class: •Railroad |
| City: El Reno |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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May 9, 2010
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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May 7, 2010
Picture Perfect Landscape opened in the middle 1990′s and served as a nursery for exotic and unusual plants. The grounds were set up throughout the forest behind the main office. Trails were cut through the thick brush and in the clearings plants were grown. I remember when I was younger going here with my father to pick out trees for our home. It was...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Edmond |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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May 5, 2010
”In the yellowed pages of an old newspaper, local officials called the building “one of Tulsa’s finest” and a peek at the “future of our city.” But the future hasn’t turned out quite the way people expected.
Some five decades after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, local officials are calling that same building an...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Apr 10, 2010
OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY
The history of Oklahoma Natural Gas spans a century of petroleum history and illustrates the industrial advances that brought amenities such as public utilities, specifically heat and light, to urban communities throughout the Sooner State. In 1905 two entrepreneurs, Dennis T. Flynn, a former territorial representative to Congress,...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: Kellyville |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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Apr 10, 2010
The Lion’s Den is located in Langston, Ok and named after the university mascot. The Lion’s Den provided adult entertainment for the students and people living in town. It appeared to have two separate bar areas as well as a kitchen where they served the “Fish Platter” and the “Pork Chop Thang” as you can see in one of the...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: Langston |
| Photographer: •SaraNearGuthrie |
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