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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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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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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 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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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 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 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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