• Posted on Mar 11th, 2010 | Comment on this Place

  Bird Creek School... ...

  
• Posted on Nov 27th, 2009 | 37 Comments

  Chilocco Indian School REVISITED... “An institution, founded to transform Indian youth was paradoxically given life by the very people whose tribal identities it was committed to erase” -K....

  
• Posted on Nov 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments

  Wheatley School... ...

  
• Posted on Nov 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments

  Washington Elementary... The first Washington elementary school was built in 1907 at a total cost of $12,000. The original building burned down and was replaced in 1930 with a...

  
• Posted on Nov 4th, 2009 | 12 Comments

  Lynn Lane School... Lynn Lane School was built in 1928 and was named after the street on which it was built. Most Tulsa schools are named after a person, so this school is...

  
• Posted on Sep 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment

  “Back to School”... During August 15th – September 15th, Abandoned Oklahoma will be featuring schools from around the state. Be sure to check in frequently as this should...

  
• Posted on Sep 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments

  Creston Hills School... ...

  
• Posted on Sep 9th, 2009 | 8 Comments

  Checotah School... ...

  
• Posted on Aug 21st, 2009 | 38 Comments

  John Marshall High School... John Marshall opened in early 1950 to serve the need for a high school in the ever-growing suburbs in far north Oklahoma City. In comparison to other high...

  
• Posted on Aug 21st, 2009 | 6 Comments

  Sunset Elementary... Sunset elementary school was built in early 1960 and opened to enrollment in the summer of 1960. It was constructed to serve the overcrowded Ridgeview...

  
• Posted on Aug 21st, 2009 | 6 Comments

  Dunjee School... Dunjee All-School-Association or Dunjee Negro School System began in 1947. The area was known as Green Pastures at this time and had an elementary school,...

  
• Posted on Aug 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments

  Star School... ...

  
• Posted on Aug 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments

  Jefferson Davis School... Jefforson Davis School was opened for enrollment in August of 1931. It had a long and succesful run serving the south part of the city immediately south...

  
• Posted on Aug 15th, 2009 | 4 Comments

  Thomas A Edison School... Thomas A Edison school was built in the early 1950’s. There isn’t much notable to mention about this place. It is a standard Oklahoma City...

  
• Posted on Jul 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments

  Riley Elementary School... Riley was closed in June 1988, when the building was 70 years old. Most of its students were sent to Mark Twain Elementary School, 541 S. 43rd West Ave.,...

  
• Posted on Jul 5th, 2009 | 9 Comments

  Truman Elementary School... The abandoned Truman elementary school caught fire today. Closed for nearly 20 years its fate is definitely sealed. Go see it before it is torn down. NE...

  
• Posted on Jun 27th, 2009 | Comment on this Place

  Arcadia School of Environmental Studies... The Arcadia Elementary School has a rich history in the small town east of Edmond. When the school was built in 1950, it was a white-only school. When...

  
• Posted on Jun 25th, 2009 | 4 Comments

  Lone Star Elementary School... Located northeast of the city, the Lone Star school district included nine square miles, had only one school, and 130 elementary pupils. In 1964, voters...

  
• Posted on Jun 21st, 2009 | 15 Comments

  Page Woodson REVISITED... Originally built as the Lowell School, and renamed Douglas High School around 1935, this magnificent structure served the once segregated black students...

  
• Posted on May 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments

  Unknown Child Care... The reason I have concluded “Child Care” is because there is a wall of different children’s art, and a blackboard on another. Plus toys...

  
• Posted on May 20th, 2009 | 6 Comments

  Norfolk School... Although the final graduating class at Norfolk High had only 5 graduates, the 11 room brick school closed its doors in 1958. The school grew up in wealth...

  
• Posted on Apr 29th, 2009 | 14 Comments

  Page Woodson School... Page Woodson closed its doors in 1994, after the city received funding to convert the cities 5th grade centers into modern elementary or secondary schools. Hoover...

  
• Posted on Feb 18th, 2009 | 39 Comments

  Hissom Memorial Center... Hissom Memorial Center closed its doors in 1993 as an institution for the mentally retarded. A small, black sign points the way to the 37-building facility...

  

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