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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Sep 28, 2009

This bank was photographed in the 1960s by the famous architectural photographer Julius Shulman and has appeared in many art photography books. This wonderful structure stands empty today and is clearly suffering from deferred maintenance, but it’s such a cool structure that people need to see. Take a look at the blue tile and the amazing wavy roof! This bank...

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Sep 28, 2009

The Townley Dairy was one of my first explorations and has proven to be one of my favorites. It has been abandoned since 1998. The cause of the abandonment isn’t as cool as some of the stories I used to hear. Several of them being about deaths associated with the factory. There were two deaths that are supposedly linked to the factory; One being the death...

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •Billy!

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Sep 11, 2009

Location Class: •School

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Aug 31, 2009

St. George church was started by a group of Greek Orthodox brothers shortly after statehood. By 1921 they had raised enough funds to build a church at the corner of NW 8th and western. During this period there was great growth among the congregation. They had their traditional greek festivals which were open to the public during and lent and led many community...

Location Class: •Church

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy!

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Aug 21, 2009

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 schools built by the OKCPS at this time it was considered the best. It features 2 gyms, tennis courts, football fields, and an auditorium. It thrived well into the 1970′s until the surrounding area began...

Location Class: •School

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Aug 21, 2009

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 elementary in the east side of the Village. It is 19,000 square feet and has about 9 acres surrounding it. The OKCPS declared it surpuls in 1984 because of low enrollment. The City of the Village was given the...