The small town of Tribbey, Oklahoma, was established by stalwart pioneers a few years before Oklahoma became a state. The first Tribbey School was a one-room building on the south side of town and...
The small town of Tribbey, Oklahoma, was established by stalwart pioneers a few years before Oklahoma became a state. The first Tribbey School was a one-room building on the south side of town and...
Whittier School 1911-1957 Solomon Andrew Layton was taking the scene by storm with his architectural designs having designed over two dozen OKC public schools around this time. Two of these included...
History of the Campus The history of Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanitorium goes all the way back to 1919. Legislation was passed under the administration of J.B.A. Robertson. The Clinton Chamber...
The Heritage Park Mall opened on October 8, 1978, with a bang, sponsoring a 100-mile charity relay run around the mall to raise money for the Special Olympics. Exercising around malls whether by...
Statement from Security Due to the growing number of incidents at Red Ridge Mansions and the surrounding properties, as preservationists who want to make sure that this site is protected, want to...
The Darlington Agency Jail and others like the Wichita Agency Jail were established at Indian Agencies mostly as holdover cells. The Darlington Agency was established in El Reno in 1860-70. The jail...
This is the original Kaw City Jail, now located in Perry Oklahoma at the Cherokee Strip Museum. Kaw City was founded in 1902 before Oklahoma became a state on the oxbow bend of the Arkansas River. It...
The Okeene Jail was celebrated when it was finished in May of 1917. Apparently the town had needed a new city jail badly according to the papers. The community came together to make it happen with...
The exact date of when the Depew Jail was constructed is unknown at this time, but what can be said is that it predates 1930 in construction. Read along to some of the amazing stories I found...
There was a Hinton Jail that was constructed sometime between 1909 and 1916 according to Sanborn maps. This jail is in the same location of the one on the Sanborn Maps. But newspaper articles detail...
This land wasn’t always used for banking purposes, in fact, its former life was used for education purposes. The Citizens State Bank signed a contract with OKCPS in 1956 to buy the old...
The Lima Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by foliage. It no longer resembles a jail as it has mostly fallen in on itself. Its stories are hidden away, yet to be uncovered. It...
The Gracemont Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by vines. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden...
This Chandler Jail cell was originally located in the basement of Chandler City Hall. Purchased and installed in 1929, this setup was one that is common all across the state for this time period...
Capitol Office Building A capital campaign began in late 1936 for a new capitol office building. A plan was enacted to raise the funds and have the capitol oil revenue contribute to the campaign...
Not much at all is known about the Alex Jail. It sits now on private property wasting away to the elements. If nothing is done by the state to step in and save these structures we will see many more...
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