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May 24, 2009

The Dowell Center was built in 1926-1927 and started it’s life as the Petroleum Building. At that time, It was the tallest structure in Oklahoma City at 18 stories. In 1931, the Ramsey Tower and 1st National Bank were finished, each having 31 stories and relegating it to third place height-wise. The project cost $750,000 and featured imported Italian and...

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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May 24, 2009

In 1909 John Bernard Klein founded the J. B. Klein Iron and Foundry Company in Oklahoma City. The company advertised foundry work of all types, including ornamental iron, brass work, wire, stairs, railings, fire escapes, and construction products. By the time Klein died in 1925, the company had begun to specialize in steel works for bridges, buildings, and...

Location Class: •Industrial

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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May 24, 2009

In Oklahoma City the first club was formed in October of 1889 when the wives of leading merchants met at the home of Captain Stiles to form the Philomathea Club. Drawing its name from the Greek for “love of learning” the club “has held aloft without ceasing the torch of learning and light” to this day. The Philomathea Club immediately set...

Location Class: •Government

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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May 22, 2009

After doing some research and visiting the place again and reading through some scattered papers, it appears this building was used as a child care for the East Side Church of Christ. Each room has a cubby hole area with children’s names above each box. I can’t determine if this was built for this purpose or if this was a house first, day care...

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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May 10, 2009

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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May 4, 2009

This is the 2 houses on 63rd east of Kelly and north of the service rd. One is a standard Oklahoma red stone country house built in 1935 and has pathways that lead all over the property and gardens. On the other side, there is a very large modern house built in 1949 connected to the other one via a stone bridge with a swimming pool in the middle of it. The...

Location Class: •Commercial •Residential

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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May 2, 2009

Small house in north oklahoma city, built in 1940. It’s listing on the Oklahoma County Accessors website can be found  Here. This house has limited information listed and has been hard to research. If you have any information, let us know. ...

Location Class: •Residential

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Mar 29, 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 •FriendlyMic

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Feb 1, 2009

The Skirvin Hotel built in 1910 by oilman W.B. Skirvin, who was determined to have the finest hotel in the Southwest. Opening its doors in 1911, the plush hotel had two, 10-story towers containing 224 rooms, was one of the first buildings in Oklahoma City to have air conditioning, then called “iced air,” had running ice water in each room, a ballroom that...

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City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Jan 31, 2009

Red Ridge Estate, the storied manor in northeast Oklahoma City was built in the 1920′s by R.J. Edwards. Edwards founded R.J. Edwards Inc., purportedly the first municipal bond house west of the Mississippi, in 1892. The firm closed in the late 1980s. Some of his heirs, most of whom live far away, see Red Ridge as a place that time has passed...

Location Class: •Commercial •Residential

City: •Oklahoma City

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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