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Hope Hall Griffin Memorial

Hope Hall Griffin Memorial

July 15, 20214 comments | City/Town: •

The building that would become Hope Hall got its start almost a century ago in 1928 when bids were being taken to construct a new building at the Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma to be used...

Hope Hall Griffin Memorial

American Legion (Griffin Memorial) Chapel

April 29, 202110 comments | City/Town: •

In 1895, the Oklahoma Sanitarium Company purchased the site of High Gate Academy in Norman, Oklahoma. High Gate Academy was a school for women that opened in the late 1800s, but it ultimately was...

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Perfect Swing Family Fun Center

July 12, 201317 comments | City/Town: •

Perfect Swing has been closed down since 2010 due to a tornado that swept through and tore up part of the building. Now in 2012 it still sits and nothing has been done. Ironically their website is...

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Whispering Pines

November 16, 201118 comments | City/Town: •

Residents of Whispering Pines Nursing Center and their families say that closing the home is not in their best interest. As of Thursday, the nursing home at 501 E Robinson lost its certification to...

Lincoln Plaza (RESTORED) - https://abandonedok.com/lincoln-plaza/ (CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND GALLERY, FOR FREE!) The Lincoln Plaza and Hotel became one of the most utilized and important areas for business in the Oklahoma City area. A place with stories of legendary status including alleged secret stays by Elvis Presley. Former Gov. George Nigh still recalls running into Presley in a stairway on one of those visits. “My campaign for re-election for lieutenant governor was based in a room we rented in that hotel,” Nigh said. “One night I was up working, and instead of going to the elevator to go get something from my car, I walked down the stairway. I stopped, shook his hand and told him how much I enjoyed his music,” Nigh said. “He, of course, said ‘thank you very much…’ ”..... CONTINUE READING BY CLICKING THE LINK ABOVE https://abandonedok.com/maps/ #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history #traveloklahoma #restoration #historic #historicrestoration
Norfolk School (DEMOLISHED) - https://AbandonedOK.com/norfolk-school/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND PHOTO GALLERY, FOR FREE!) Although the final graduating class at Norfolk High had only 5 graduates, the 11 room brick school closed its doors in 1968. The school grew up in wealth surrounded by a panorama of glistening oil tanks near Cushing. The school was built in 1922 in Payne County. The school has enjoyed a colorful record, heavily fringed in the oil boom wealth of the early 1920s....FINISH THE ARTICLE BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #abandonedschool #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history #traveloklahoma #demolition
Bradley School (BURNED DOWN) - https://AbandonedOK.com/bradley-school/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND PHOTO GALLERY, FOR FREE!) Bradley, Oklahoma even though it is a small town has a pretty deep history of schools, four buildings to be exact. The first school was a small one-room log house built in 1887 and burned down before 1905. In 1905 a second school was built using donations from the community and was destroyed by a tornado just a year later. A third school was constructed the next year, this time with state funding, thus the birth of Bradley School Distr......CONTINUE READING BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history #abandonedschool
Trail Drive-In Theatre - https://AbandonedOK.com/trail-drivein-theatre (👆CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND PHOTO GALLERY, FOR FREE!) Built in 1950 around the same time that the nearby Enid Drive-In was constructed the Trail Theatre was a single screen drive-in with a 400 car capacity. The Trail Drive-In Theatre is located south of the highway and Enid Drive-In was north of... FULL ARTICLE BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Orphanage of Carmen - https://AbandonedOK.com/odd-fellows-home-carmen/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND PHOTO GALLERY, FOR FREE!) The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Orphanage of Carmen, Odd Fellows Home - Carmen for short is just one of two homes located in Oklahoma. Its sister site was built in Checotah in 1902 to cover the eastern portion of the state and this one was built in Carmen to cover the western portion of... READ FULL ARTICLE, LINK BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #history #oklahoma #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma
Cache Creek Mission - https://AbandonedOK.com/cache-creek-mission/ (👆CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL ARTICLE & GALLERY, FOR FREE!) Located in the heart of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation, it dates all the way back to 1889. A gentleman by the name of William Work Carithers traveled from Pennsylvania with a mission to bring Christianity and skills to the Native Americans in what would become Oklahoma. He established the Cache Creek Indian Mission under the Reformed Presbyterian Church.....READ REST OF ARTICLE BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history #nativeamerican #NativeAmericans #nativeamericanhistory
Washington Separate School of Stillwater (FOR SALE) - https://abandonedok.com/washington-school-stillwater/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL ARTICLE AND PICTURE GALLERY, FREE!) From 1900 to 1938 African American students living in the Stillwater community could only attend up to eighth grade locally. With no separate high school, they would have to move to Oklahoma City, Norman, Guthrie, Tulsa, or Langston. That was until 1938 when the African American citizens of Stillwater rejoiced at the news that a new separate high school would be... REST OF ARTICLE AT LINK BELOW! https://AbandonedOK.com #history #oklahoma #abandonedoklahoma #abandonedok #abandonedplaces #abandonedschool #abandonedschools
Hissom Memorial Center (DEMOLISHED) - AbandonedOK.com/hissom-memorial-center/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL HISTORY/PHOTOS) In the 1950s Oklahoma's mental health facilities Enid and Pauls Valley State Schools were suffering from severe overcrowding. In addition, they both were decades old, built around statehood. A children's facility was needed to provide modern care and comfort and building such a facility became a priority for Governors Raymond Gary and J. Howard Edmondson. Only a million dollars was approved for a new state school in 1958 but Person Woodall, chairman of the Mental Health Board estimated the new school would cost more around seven million dollars....READ FULL STORY BELOW AbandonedOK.com #history #oklahoma #abandonedoklahoma #abandonedok #abandonedplaces #abandoned #demolition #abandonedstatehospital #abandonedhospital
Del Camino Motel (DEMOLISHED) - AbandonedOK.com/del-camino-motel/ (👈CLICK TO SEE FULL HISTORY AND PICTURES) The Del Camino Motel or when it first got its start around 1950 as the Del Camino Courts located in Woodward, Oklahoma was one of the most interesting examples of a motel that we had ever seen. Reminding us of the Rio Siesta Motel with its Texas-style design. The motel was furnished with Franciscan furniture, tile baths, carpeted floors, panel ray heating, and electric blankets. It was owned by the wonderful Ogden family who poured their heart and soul into the business for ten years....READ MORE BELOW AbandonedOK.com #traveloklahoma #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history

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