As many of you may know by now, I have been on a mission for the last year and a half to document as many tiny jails across the Midwest as possible. So far, I have documented over 150, with even more...
As many of you may know by now, I have been on a mission for the last year and a half to document as many tiny jails across the Midwest as possible. So far, I have documented over 150, with even more...
The need for a brand new jail in Oklahoma City and Police Headquarters started being discussed in mid-1935. With a growing city in the middle of the midwest and full of outlaws and bandits, the need...
The Eagle City Gym and community building sits lonely in the small town. Constructed in 1936 with $1,170 of money appropriated by the WPA, the structure reminds me of a buff brick version of the...
Table of Contents Toggle Keith’s KornerElmwood Pit Stop & MotelGallery Below Elmwood Pit Stop & Motel Keith’s Korner Keith Thomas created this business in the 1970s calling it...
Located in Southwestern Oklahoma sits the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, an ethereal landscape where one can be transported back into days of the Wild West. Before bustling cities filled with...
A few months into 1959, the City of Wagoner proposed a brand new school to be built just West on the outskirts of town. Voters approved a $37,469 bond issue for the new building which would replace...
In February 1939 citizens of the Walker Consolidated School No. 3 voted to allow a $12,000 bond for the construction of a new handsome structure. The WPA approved the project and designed a one-story...
Tsa-La-Gi Amphitheater was the second of a four-phase Cherokee Cultural Center on 44 acres in Tahlequah Oklahoma. The amphitheater was designed by CHC co-founder Charles “Chief” Boyd who...
Driving down the dirt road there is not much left of the Cowden Independent School District, in fact only one building remained for many years. That was the Cowden Gym, built in 1935 by the WPA which...
Nestled behind a private tree line in Sand Springs, Oklahoma is a historic school with a plethora of development opportunities. Sitting on 3.5 acres is the Tanglewood School awaiting its new life...
Table of Contents Toggle HistoryDownfallDemolitionLegacyGallery Below of Sooner Legends Inn Sometimes the unique walls, curvatures and foundation of a building aren’t all that make it unique...
The start of 1922 came with great news for the growing town of Hollister Oklahoma. A new consolidated school building would be constructed by next year with cost estimates falling around $30,000...
Table of Contents Toggle Capitol City Hospital Clinic/Samaritan HospitalCapitol Hill General HospitalGallery Below of Capitol Hill General Hospital Capitol City Hospital Clinic/Samaritan Hospital...
Table of Contents Toggle Pawnee Dry Goods Co.Buffalo TheatreRestorationGallery Below of Buffalo Theatre Pawnee Dry Goods Co. Constructed in 1894, this building throughout the years was depicted as...
Table of Contents Toggle History of the Church of TomorrowDecline of First Christian Church – OKCDemolition of the Egg ChurchGallery Below of First Christian Church of Oklahoma City What is it...
Table of Contents Toggle Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis SanitoriumHarper BuildingGallery Below of Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanitorium Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanitorium Just a stone’s...
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