Feb 7, 2012
Even though Mount St. Mary’s isn’t abandoned, it does hold quite a bit of history. There is a whole floor that isn’t used, and, for lack of a better word and for our purposes, has been abandoned. The 4th floor has been rumored to be home to a ghost. ”Yes there is a ghost, A little old nun lives up here,” Mrs. DeNegri said....
| Location Class: •School •Residential •Church |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
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Jan 3, 2012
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, middle school, high school and a large field house shared by all three schools. The residents of the Dunjee area had long suffered at the hand of segregation in Oklahoma. Before 1963 it was part of the Choctaw...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Spencer |
| Photographer: •FriendlyMic |
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Dec 21, 2011
Established in 1953 , it opened as a Steel Foundry called Dalton Precision. Locals complained that Dalton would leave steel dust through the air that would ruin the paint on your car. It was later bought out by Robert Evans in 1980.
There’s not a lot that can be said about Evans besides that it was an industry that produced oil drums back in the...
| Location Class: •Industrial •Commercial |
| City: •Cushing |
| Photographer: •FriendlyMic |
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Dec 19, 2011
Many people in Yukon, Oklahoma pass around several rumors as to the actual identity of the place. Some say it’s an insane asylum; some say it was a haunted church. Many kids today claim to know exactly what it is, but then again, they only go at night and assume the worst. In reality, after digging through old files and asking the next door neighbor,...
| Location Class: •Residential •Hospital |
| City: •Yukon |
| Photographer: •FriendlyMic |
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Dec 16, 2011
Opening as a middle school in 1928, Sunnyside was built on donated land. The piece of land that was donated specifically for use as a school. The school was closed in the 1970′s due to low enrollment. Since the property is no longer being used as a school there is a dispute as to the ownership of the property.
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •FriendlyMic |
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Nov 17, 2011
The Walcourt building was built in 1927 by architect Joe Davis and builder Charles G. Beveridge and opened as an apartment building by its original owner, H.E. Musson. The 9,378-square-foot, two-story red brick building was designed in a Jacobethan Revival style of architecture.
In 1982, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic places. At the...
| Location Class: •Residential |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Nov 16, 2011
Not much can be said about this location other than it’s a nursing home that came under fire from the health board for possible abuse and various code violations. There are several articles on NewsOK.com that give a bit more overview.
Whispering Pines Nursing Center’s closing leaves many in shock
Residents of Whispering Pines Nursing Center and their...
| Location Class: •Residential •Hospital |
| City: •Norman |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Nov 15, 2011
After the forceful Indian removals from the Eastern Untied States, President Grant and others in office decided that the only way to get the Indians to settle peacefully on their new reservations that they would need to be Americanized. They would need to loose their traditional ways of thinking and living. In the eyes of the officials the Indians would in turn...
| Location Class: •School •Government |
| City: •Concho |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Sep 1, 2011
Colony Public School in northeastern Washita County is the town of Colony,OK. The community took its name from the Seger Colony founded by John Seger. The remains of the Colony Public School occupies the former grounds of the Seger Indian School .
John H. Seger was born in Geauga County, Ohio, February 23, 1846, and died February 6, 1928, at Seger Colony,...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Colony |
| Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda |
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Apr 21, 2011
Of all the ghost towns in southern Kansas none has more mystique and legends than the defunct town of Le Hunt, which is located northwest of Independence, Ks.
Le Hunt was once a thriving community. The United Kansas Portland Cement Company was the epicenter of the town. A behemoth sized concrete plant constructed in 1905 and built into the side of Table mound....
| Location Class: •Industrial •Ghost Town |
| City: •Le Hunt, KS |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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Mar 7, 2011
Consolidated District No 5 is located in a small abandoned town in Pottawatomie county known as Harjo. Harjo was an unincorporated community and had a post office established June 24, 1921. Mail service was discontinued on August 31, 1954.
Little is known about the history of the school. It was built in 1930 along with a residential house for the acting...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Harjo |
| Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda |
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Feb 1, 2011
Each year since 1993, Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. has published a list of Oklahoma’s Most Endangered Historic Places. Abandoned Oklahoma and Preservation OK are partnering up this year to document these locations to help raise awareness. Lists over the past 16 years have shown incredible diversity in the types of sites and preservation challenges they...
| Location Class: •Commercial •School •Government |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Jan 15, 2011
Tidewater Oil Company (Tydol) was a major petroleum refining and marketing company in the U.S. for more than 80 years. Tidewater was best known for its Flying A-branded products and gas stations, and for Veedol motor oil, which was known throughout the world.
Tidewater, a national company, built this refinery in the Drumright area. The refinery was the center of...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: •Drumright |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend |
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Jan 1, 2011
This eleven-story building was designed by Bruce Goff. It was built through the joint effort of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and the Tulsa Club. The club, which was founded in 1925, was the place to be for businessmen to make deals at lunchtime and show off their wealth at evening dinners.
The building has 11 floors, which were dedicated to giant dining...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Dec 31, 2010
Rosenwald Hall, a rectangular red-brick building with white clapboard sections, served the community of Lima, Oklahoma, from 1921 to 1966. Duringperiod it was Lima’s only elementary school. Lima, one of twenty-nine all-Black towns founded in Oklahoma before statehood (twenty-five in the Indian Territory and four in the Oklahoma Territory), is one of only...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Lima |
| Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda |
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Dec 1, 2010
Opening Thoughts with Psychosaw13:
It is with great pleasure that I present to all of you Dogpatch U.S.A. I first discovered Dogpatch by a suggestion from Chardonnay Mullin (a friend on Facebook) about a UE website that was Ozark area based. I had no clue what Urban Exploration was at the time. After going through most of the posts & forums on that...
| Location Class: •Amusement Park |
| City: •Marble Falls, AR |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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Oct 27, 2010
SPECIAL THANKS
First we want to give a huge thanks to Kevin Weaver over at GirlScoutMurders.com for giving us a personal tour and his help researching. Head over to his site to read EVERYTHING about the Camp Scott story.
BACKGROUND
The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders is still to this day an unsolved crime in rural Mayes County, Oklahoma. On a rainy, late-spring...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Locust Grove |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Oct 26, 2010
Granite is hardly a Ghost Town with a population of nearly 2,000, but we figured we would still make a post with some of the cool things we found.
History:
Located in Greer County (formerly Old Greer County), Granite is situated six miles north and seven miles east of Mangum at the junction of Oklahoma State Highways 6 and 9. Lying at the southern base of...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Granite |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Oct 20, 2010
In the post-war era, Oklahoma had a significant number of children diagnosed with mental disabilities requiring institutionalization, but the two schools operated by state mental health officials at Enid and Pauls Valley had become antiquated and overcrowded and dated back almost to statehood. Providing modern care for these children became a priority for...
| Location Class: •School •Hospital |
| City: •Sand Springs |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 •BOOGYMAN |
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Oct 17, 2010
Reed is a small unincorporated community located along State Highway 9 in Greer County. The post office opened September 16, 1892. The town was said to have been named for the first postmaster, John Reed Graham.
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Reed |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Oct 16, 2010
History:
Maud, OK is best known as the birthplace of Wanda Jackson, the queen of rockabilly. The town is located at the intersection of State Highways 59 and 9A, with its western half of the town located in Pottawatomie County and its eastern half in Seminole County. The town was established along the dividing line between Oklahoma and Indian territories and in...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Maud |
| Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda |
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Oct 13, 2010
Fort Sill Indian School has witnessed many changes during its more than 100 years in Lawton, Oklahoma. When established in 1871 it served Indian children as a reservation elementary school. It gradually became a boarding high school with an enrollment drawn from all over the nation.
On July 1, 1869, Lawrie Tatum, a Quaker, was placed in charge of the Agency of...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Lawton |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Oct 7, 2010
Originally called Cooper, the community was planned in 1899 by Frank Cooper, who had organized a settlement company in anticipation of the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in August 1901. When he learned the reservation would be opened with a lottery instead of a run, Cooper asked for and was granted 320 acres for his company members. He...
| Location Class: •Residential •Church •Ghost Town |
| City: •Cooperton |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Oct 1, 2010
October is “Haunted Heartland” month at Abandoned Oklahoma. With Halloween approaching fast, we figured why not do something special. So, during the month of October, we will be featuring the scariest places in Oklahoma. We are not ghost hunters, and don’t have any special equipment, but some of the places we have been do come off as pretty...
| Location Class: •School •Church •Ghost Town •Hospital |
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Sep 30, 2010
Lovell began as a Post office on May 22, 1889 while unassigned lands were opened for settlement. It’s original name Perth, was changed in 1906 to honor that man who settled and developed the town site, James W. Lovell. Perth, soon to be Lovell, became an agricultural trade center upon completion of a railroad route connecting Guthrie to Enid in 1902,...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Lovell |
| Photographer: •Billy! |
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Sep 22, 2010
Beauty’s Cafe featured a full service Cafe and a small selection of convenience items, the business made over $150 per day, and nearly $600 in monthly profit.
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Sep 11, 2010
Sunset Estates was opened as a long term nursing facility in 1977 for medicaid and medicare patients only. There were 62 beds.
They provided many services to residents such as clinical laboratory services, dental services, dietary services, mental and social services and speech and language pathology.
In 1997 a Pottawatomie county judge found Sunset Estates...
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: •Maud |
| Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda |
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Sep 8, 2010
The Riviera Drive-In was once one of south Oklahoma City”s floruishing theatres boasting a 700 car capacity.
The Riviera Drive-In closed in 1999 after thunderstorm in which the screen was blown down. The fallen screen, ticket booth, speaker poles, projection booth, concession stand, and marquee all remained vacant and seemingly forgotten for...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •Billy! |
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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 10, 2010
The Will Rogers Turnpike runs from Tulsa, Oklahoma to the Missouri state line. It opened to traffic in June, 1957 and was designated as I-44 in 1958. It is 88 miles long and costs $4.00 to drive one way. It has a posted speed limit of 75 mph, which makes it possible to get from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Joplin, Missouri in 70 minutes.
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| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Catoosa |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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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 •Amusement Park |
| City: •Wichita, KS |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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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...
| 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
History:
“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 8, 2010
The State Fair Speedway has been a major part of fair goers for over 55 years. It has also hosted some of the biggest names in dirt car racing including AJ Foyt, Johnny Parsons and Steve Kinser just to a name a few. It was also the home to the ASCS National Tour’s Spring Nationals and many ASCS Sooner Regional races. The stadium has also hosted many...
| Location Class: •Commercial •Government |
| 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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Mar 20, 2010
| Location Class: •Commercial •Farm |
| City: •Edmond |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! |
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Mar 18, 2010
For much more great history, visit the Official Blackburn Website
The incorporated town of Blackburn is located in Pawnee County on Blackburn Road, halfway between county roads E0440 and E0450. Approximately twelve miles east of the county seat of Pawnee, the community developed after the Cherokee Outlet land opening on September 16, 1893. Named for Kentucky...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Blackburn |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Mar 18, 2010
This used to be your typical small town general store. It is unknown when it opened or when it was abandoned, however throughout the last twenty six years the building has been occupied off and on by squatters, gypsies, and the troublesome teen or two. There was another structure on the same lot which appeared to be an auto repair business but over the years it...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Pharoah |
| Photographer: •SaraNearGuthrie |
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Mar 17, 2010
A resident in town says that this school was known as SpringHill High School. I have yet to find any record of it on the internet. The school closed sometime in the late 60′s. Inside the electrical panel there was some writing in pencil which had the electricians name, union, and the date of 1927. It also said he was called out to run the electric from...
| Location Class: •School |
| City: •Pharoah |
| Photographer: •SaraNearGuthrie |
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Mar 16, 2010
At the time of it’s operation, the Dairy land covered most of the land in the area, including the Cowboy Museum and the Oklahoma City Zoo. Family Dollar practically share’s it’s back wall with it. It’s one of those places you could drive by every single day and never see it. Unfortunately as you can see, it’s in very poor...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •SaraNearGuthrie |
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Mar 14, 2010
