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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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 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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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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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 |
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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 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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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 |
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Mar 12, 2010
Located in north-central Pawnee County, Skedee is situated slightly east of the junction of County Roads E0440/N3530. Established six miles northeast of the county seat of Pawnee, Skedee was originally known as Lemert for the Lemert family, who sold land for a townsite to the railroad company. The Eastern Oklahoma Townsite Company sold town lots at auction on...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Skedee |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Feb 17, 2010
Kaiser Chemicals was opened in 1953 and produced 150,000 tons of urea fertilizer annually at its peak. The 360 acre complex consists of two ammonium plants, two urea plants, a prilling tower for pelletizing urea into fertilizer and livestock feed supplements and support facilities. The plant closed for good in 1985 due to several years of no...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: •Pryor |
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Feb 16, 2010
In 1922, the African-American community in Okmulgee raised $25,000 in donations from community citizens, clubs, and organizations to construct the first “colored hospital” that was opened in the country. The Okmulgee Black Hospital is a two-story, 18-room brick facility that served the needs of more than 3000 of Okmulgee’s African-American...
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: •Okmulgee |
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Feb 16, 2010
J.H. Hargrove is said to have been the father of Centralia. In 1898 he first ascended Blue Mound, made a survey, then located the town on prairie land with the only elevations in the region, Blue Mound, Potato Hill, Leforce, and Notch Mounds surrounding the town. Hargrove lived about one half mile northwest of the town site. He was from Missouri and was believed...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Centralia |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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