Comments on: The Fairmont Creamery http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/ Preserving Oklahoma's Past Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: roger http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-112961 roger Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:44:47 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-112961 3rd part of father worked for fairmonts As a side all of the milk cans that are so familiar to the country image of a dairy farm were each coded with the dairy name, delivery person, date of delivery etc very detailed to ensure where rejected milk came from and the dairy to contact to advise of the defect. My family operated 2 dairies near Lawton besides my dad working in Fairmont. Aslo 2 artisian wells are on the property 3rd part of father worked for fairmonts
As a side all of the milk cans that are so familiar to the country image of a dairy farm were each coded with the dairy name, delivery person, date of delivery etc very detailed to ensure where rejected milk came from and the dairy to contact to advise of the defect. My family operated 2 dairies near Lawton besides my dad working in Fairmont. Aslo 2 artisian wells are on the property

]]> By: roger http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-112960 roger Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:43:04 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-112960 2nd part of father worked for fairmonts The new addition replaced a large chicken coop that was used to raise hens for egg production and sale of eggs and fryers. The south side of the 2nd floor was where my dad worked this was the homization and pasturation department as well as condensed milk. This had several 2000 gallon tanks for milk processing. Between the homization-pasturation was a 2000 gallon concrete tank for buttermilk culture. The 1st floor was milk recieving and glass bottle washing, sterilizaton and filling as well as a certification and testing lab. Basement was 2000 gallon tanks for liquid sugar, grape, orange juices, liquid wax for coating cardboard containers and refrigerant coils for the freezer. This was where most of the other mechanical equipment was kept. The north side of the main building was a appendecture structure to process rejected milk (occassionally the cow would produce milk with strains of blood) into dry powdered milk products 2nd part of father worked for fairmonts
The new addition replaced a large chicken coop that was used to raise hens for egg production and sale of eggs and fryers. The south side of the 2nd floor was where my dad worked this was the homization and pasturation department as well as condensed milk. This had several 2000 gallon tanks for milk processing. Between the homization-pasturation was a 2000 gallon concrete tank for buttermilk culture. The 1st floor was milk recieving and glass bottle washing, sterilizaton and filling as well as a certification and testing lab. Basement was 2000 gallon tanks for liquid sugar, grape, orange juices, liquid wax for coating cardboard containers and refrigerant coils for the freezer. This was where most of the other mechanical equipment was kept. The north side of the main building was a appendecture structure to process rejected milk (occassionally the cow would produce milk with strains of blood) into dry powdered milk products

]]> By: roger http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-112959 roger Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:40:26 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-112959 My father worked at Fairmonts from 1951 to 1962. I was in the building last Friday. I can seethat if you did not know better you would have the perception it was burned especially on the 2nd floor. It is just the remants of the old 2 inch thick cork wood that was used in the old days as insulation surrounding the freezer. Over the years of getting wet and exposure to the elements it darkened. However there were 2 minor fires one occurred in the second floor in the freezer on the 2nd floor. This was mostly confined to the insulation surrounding some newly installed equipment. The 2nd was due to a newly installed compressor on the 1st floor and was merely an electrical fire, turn off the switch the fire goes out situation. Both incidents were minor. The freezer in size was about as big as a 2 bedroom house. Ice Cream, pop cycles and 5 gallon containers of frozen condensed milk was stored here. The freezer section was moved to an addition that was added in 1958. We took a movie camera and recorded the construction progress. Dad still has the film. My father worked at Fairmonts from 1951 to 1962. I was in the building last Friday. I can seethat if you did not know better you would have the perception it was burned especially on the 2nd floor. It is just the remants of the old 2 inch thick cork wood that was used in the old days as insulation surrounding the freezer. Over the years of getting wet and exposure to the elements it darkened. However there were 2 minor fires one occurred in the second floor in the freezer on the 2nd floor. This was mostly confined to the insulation surrounding some newly installed equipment. The 2nd was due to a newly installed compressor on the 1st floor and was merely an electrical fire, turn off the switch the fire goes out situation. Both incidents were minor. The freezer in size was about as big as a 2 bedroom house. Ice Cream, pop cycles and 5 gallon containers of frozen condensed milk was stored here. The freezer section was moved to an addition that was added in 1958. We took a movie camera and recorded the construction progress. Dad still has the film.

]]> By: Braughter http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-90575 Braughter Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:32:41 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-90575 I bet it would! I SEE U FOUND THE SITE. :) I bet it would! I SEE U FOUND THE SITE. :)

]]> By: Beth http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-90572 Beth Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:28:23 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-90572 My parents own the Fairmont now, they don't allow visitors anymore because theres too much construction going on iside. Once it has been restored they will allow guests. My parents own the Fairmont now, they don't allow visitors anymore because theres too much construction going on iside. Once it has been restored they will allow guests.

]]> By: txhooligan http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-36830 txhooligan Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:27:10 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-36830 Some photo's are not of the Creamery........ On a side note. It is being rebuilt. There is alot of construction going on right now. Some photo's are not of the Creamery…….. On a side note. It is being rebuilt. There is alot of construction going on right now.

]]> By: Steve K http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-34770 Steve K Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-34770 Drove by this place in the morning. The building would make a great micro-brewery. Plenty of history, large building, just need the cash to restore and install the equipment. Drove by this place in the morning. The building would make a great micro-brewery. Plenty of history, large building, just need the cash to restore and install the equipment.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-4560 anonymous Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:17 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-4560 when i was stationed down at Fort Sill, i came across this place on a cab ride back from the mall to base. it was night time, so i couldn't really see much, but it was huge. asked the cabbie about the bldg/area/history. he didn't really know much about it, but he did tell me about some wannabe gangs that were down here, and how women shouldn't be down there alone, especially at night. he said lot of assaults happened down there (rapes), and junkies, dealers, crazy ppl, homeless (squatters). i knew to stay away, but i went back to the mall the next day and took my bike w/ me (did not own a car at the time) and my camera. rode from the mall to the creamery (which i didn't know it was a creamery at that time - this would of been in 2006/2007 when i was there) in the daytime. this place was massive! and from what i could see, a tagger's paradise. tons of graffiti outside and inside the bldg. what part of the building wasn't covered w/ it except for some 'heaven spots' (hard to reach/up high spots). the thing that drew me to go back there was the graffiti, because i take pics of it and i send them into graffiti magazines. i like the art of it, but not all graffiti is art, i will def admit that. but i went to go take pics of the graff up there (the good looking graff that is). i wanted to go inside the bldg, cuz i saw more graff up in there thru some broken parts in the bldg, but i was afraid too. it was so rundown, i thought i would surely get hurt just walking in or being on a stairwell. not to mention, i was alone and in case there was any crazy person or dangerous person in there, i did not have any kind of protection on me at all for fighting back, so i thought it best to not go inside. but it wasn't just that that kept me from going inside, nor the cabbie's comments about the place. just standing outside that place, i felt something... like a negative energy... it was eerie to be close to the bldg just to shoot the outside graffiti tag pics.. so i knew there was no way i was going inside it.. i did try a few times on a few diff occasions too, but i just couldn't bring myself to go in. i tried to get other ppl to go w/ me, but none of them would come either. they too also commented on an uneasy feeling they got when they were around it... they also felt a lil scared... i think Ghosthunters should go down there and do an episode inside the creamery and other rundown factories right near Larrance. I rode my bike around Larrance and the other streets nearby that had old rundown boarded up bldg's too... i don't know the names of the streets or the bldg's that are on them anymore, but there's like 3 of them around the corner just a couple streets down from the creamery. they are open and have tons of tags inside and out. i only shot the outside of the bldg, cuz even at those ones i was afraid to go in (and it was daytime). came close to going inside one to get more pics of it inside, but when i was about too, i could of swore i heard a dog inside the bushes or something. i heard something, and i made a beeline for my bike and got the hell out of there. i never went back (to that one). I'm glad i did leave, because later on that night when i re-visited the creamery (at around dusk time, 7pm-8pm ish), before i rode down there, i did see some crazy ppl, and i also saw a rottweiler that got loose out of somewhere and started chasing me... i went back to the mall, he stopped following me when i got back there... (those other bldg's i made mention of that were close to the creamery, i remember they were close to Gore blvd, kinda). i went to visit the creamery on several occasions to shoot pics though. never went inside.... like i said, i felt a negative energy being around it. found out thru research someone bought it and plans to renovate. if they do make it into something, hopefully they can improve that whole area down there. there's so much you could do down there and make it a better pleasant area... for one they could build a major skatepark in any of those rundown buildings... when i was stationed down at Fort Sill, i came across this place on a cab ride back from the mall to base. it was night time, so i couldn't really see much, but it was huge. asked the cabbie about the bldg/area/history. he didn't really know much about it, but he did tell me about some wannabe gangs that were down here, and how women shouldn't be down there alone, especially at night. he said lot of assaults happened down there (rapes), and junkies, dealers, crazy ppl, homeless (squatters). i knew to stay away, but i went back to the mall the next day and took my bike w/ me (did not own a car at the time) and my camera. rode from the mall to the creamery (which i didn't know it was a creamery at that time – this would of been in 2006/2007 when i was there) in the daytime.

this place was massive! and from what i could see, a tagger's paradise. tons of graffiti outside and inside the bldg. what part of the building wasn't covered w/ it except for some 'heaven spots' (hard to reach/up high spots).
the thing that drew me to go back there was the graffiti, because i take pics of it and i send them into graffiti magazines. i like the art of it, but not all graffiti is art, i will def admit that. but i went to go take pics of the graff up there (the good looking graff that is).

i wanted to go inside the bldg, cuz i saw more graff up in there thru some broken parts in the bldg, but i was afraid too. it was so rundown, i thought i would surely get hurt just walking in or being on a stairwell. not to mention, i was alone and in case there was any crazy person or dangerous person in there, i did not have any kind of protection on me at all for fighting back, so i thought it best to not go inside.

but it wasn't just that that kept me from going inside, nor the cabbie's comments about the place. just standing outside that place, i felt something… like a negative energy… it was eerie to be close to the bldg just to shoot the outside graffiti tag pics.. so i knew there was no way i was going inside it.. i did try a few times on a few diff occasions too, but i just couldn't bring myself to go in. i tried to get other ppl to go w/ me, but none of them would come either. they too also commented on an uneasy feeling they got when they were around it… they also felt a lil scared…

i think Ghosthunters should go down there and do an episode inside the creamery and other rundown factories right near Larrance.

I rode my bike around Larrance and the other streets nearby that had old rundown boarded up bldg's too… i don't know the names of the streets or the bldg's that are on them anymore, but there's like 3 of them around the corner just a couple streets down from the creamery. they are open and have tons of tags inside and out. i only shot the outside of the bldg, cuz even at those ones i was afraid to go in (and it was daytime). came close to going inside one to get more pics of it inside, but when i was about too, i could of swore i heard a dog inside the bushes or something. i heard something, and i made a beeline for my bike and got the hell out of there. i never went back (to that one).

I'm glad i did leave, because later on that night when i re-visited the creamery (at around dusk time, 7pm-8pm ish), before i rode down there, i did see some crazy ppl, and i also saw a rottweiler that got loose out of somewhere and started chasing me… i went back to the mall, he stopped following me when i got back there…

(those other bldg's i made mention of that were close to the creamery, i remember they were close to Gore blvd, kinda).

i went to visit the creamery on several occasions to shoot pics though. never went inside…. like i said, i felt a negative energy being around it.

found out thru research someone bought it and plans to renovate. if they do make it into something, hopefully they can improve that whole area down there. there's so much you could do down there and make it a better pleasant area… for one they could build a major skatepark in any of those rundown buildings…

]]> By: Steve Araneo http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-3295 Steve Araneo Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:21:23 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-3295 Awesome Information, thanks for your great Post. I will come back soon , Great information about repairing boilers: <a href="http://www.boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Boiler Breakdown London</a> Awesome Information, thanks for your great Post. I will come back soon , Great information about repairing boilers: Boiler Breakdown London

]]> By: Robert http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-141 Robert Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:03:07 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-141 Outstanding. My Dad worked at Fairmont, he started inside, and ended up driving a route truck. He worked there from about 1960 to 1973. Fairmont was the main topic of conversation everynight at the dinner table. I still have one of the old steel milk crates they used. I would love to tour thru the place. Outstanding. My Dad worked at Fairmont, he started inside, and ended up driving a route truck. He worked there from about 1960 to 1973. Fairmont was the main topic of conversation everynight at the dinner table. I still have one of the old steel milk crates they used. I would love to tour thru the place.

]]> By: Adrian Keafer http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-140 Adrian Keafer Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:59:36 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-140 I have a milk can from a Fairmont Creamery. It has the message on it" When empty to return to a Mrs. T C Wiggins / Shelocta, Pa. - Pittsburgh, Pa Is this the same company? I could send a photo. It has the Company initials formed into a kind of brand, located at the top of the can. I think the tag is brass. The can itself is in excellent condition. I have a milk can from a Fairmont Creamery. It has the message on it" When empty to return to a Mrs. T C Wiggins / Shelocta, Pa. – Pittsburgh, Pa Is this the same company? I could send a photo. It has the Company initials formed into a kind of brand, located at the top of the can. I think the tag is brass. The can itself is in excellent condition.

]]> By: gayle rutherford http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-139 gayle rutherford Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:43:26 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-139 wonder how i can find an old fairmont train car. sure would look great setting out front gayle wonder how i can find an old fairmont train car. sure would look great setting out front
gayle

]]> By: Jo Davis http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-138 Jo Davis Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:42:33 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-138 On the Highway going to Faxon is an abandoned town site for Holiday, Ok. The last time we went by there it still had part of one building. My mother was born there in s dugout in 1914. Faxon is almost abandoned. I went to the Fairmont Creamery for a field trip in 1949. Which was also about the same time creameries switched from glass bottles to wax cartons. I still remember the smell and the guys wading around in hip booths slushing through yucky grey water. I didn't drink another glass of milk for 20 years. On the Highway going to Faxon is an abandoned town site for Holiday, Ok. The last time we went by there it still had part of one building. My mother was born there in s dugout in 1914. Faxon is almost abandoned.

I went to the Fairmont Creamery for a field trip in 1949. Which was also about the same time creameries switched from glass bottles to wax cartons. I still remember the smell and the guys wading around in hip booths slushing through yucky grey water. I didn't drink another glass of milk for 20 years.

]]> By: Holly http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-137 Holly Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:17:32 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-137 I absolutely love places like this!! I grew up in Lawton, and love learning about it's history. I didn't appreciate it when I was younger, but I sure do now that I have a family. I was down in that part of town not too long ago and saw the building there; I was really intrigued about finding out more. Your site is awesome; thank you so much for helping us remember the forgotten. I absolutely love places like this!! I grew up in Lawton, and love learning about it's history. I didn't appreciate it when I was younger, but I sure do now that I have a family. I was down in that part of town not too long ago and saw the building there; I was really intrigued about finding out more. Your site is awesome; thank you so much for helping us remember the forgotten.

]]> By: Nik http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-136 Nik Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:52:14 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-136 The day I went, there were already a couple of people there taking pictures, but they soon left after my arrival. As for permission, I'm sure its fine t just look around the property, but if you want to get inside, not sure who'd you have to talk to. The day I went, there were already a couple of people there taking pictures, but they soon left after my arrival. As for permission, I'm sure its fine t just look around the property, but if you want to get inside, not sure who'd you have to talk to.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.abandonedok.com/the-fairmont-creamery/#comment-135 Jenny Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:57:34 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=579#comment-135 How do we go about getting permission to go visit this place? I want to go stroll around and take some photos but I want to make sure that I get some approval to visit the creamery. How do we go about getting permission to go visit this place? I want to go stroll around and take some photos but I want to make sure that I get some approval to visit the creamery.

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