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Saint George Greek Orthodox Church

Saint George Greek Orthodox Church

Original Saint George Greek Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Christians established a congregation on September 25, 1914, as the Greek Society of St. George of Oklahoma City. By 1917 they had...

Goode Mansion

Goode Mansion

The Goode Mansion is another mansion in Fairfax which was built on Native American land as a result of oil money. Presumably built in the 1920s when the oil and gas industry took off creating boom...

Black Apartments

Black Apartments

The four-story Black Apartments were named after and owned by E.R. Black. Built in 1920 for the residents of the growing town of Okmulgee, the job was not completed smoothly, a newspaper article...

Page Woodson

Page Woodson

1910 Lowell Elementary Originally built as the Lowell School in 1910, this date was engraved above the west entrance. It quickly grew in enrollment Students were held to a standard of morality and...

Nuyaka Mission

Nuyaka Mission

History of Native American Boarding Schools Many are unaware of the true horrors that occurred at the more than 526 Native boarding schools across the United States. Organizations like the National...

Binger Jail

Binger Jail

The first jail in Binger was made of oak planks, laid flat, and studded with spikes. It was around for a short time until a German farmer by the name of Gottleib Schutze was burned to death while in...

Columbus Elementary School

Columbus Elementary School

  On July 20, 1910 block 27 was bought from the Oklahoma Industrial Co. for $2,700 for a new school that would be known as Columbus Ward School. Originally supposed to be a two-story structure...

Eakly Jail

Eakly Jail

This type of concrete pour-in-place method calaboose was perfected in the early 1900s. With Eakly’s population and community becoming a stable township around the 1910’s-1920’s this...

Marcus Garvey Leadership Academy

Marcus Garvey Leadership Academy

Harmony Public School The story of Marcus Garvey Leadership Academy goes back to the 1920s. The $55,000 building was erected in 1927 as Harmony Public School. It opened its doors to students in the...

Hinton Junction Courts & Cafe

Hinton Junction Courts & Cafe

  Leon and Ann Little of Hinton were two entrepreneurs who realized the traffic of Route 66 and took advantage of it. In 1940, Leon and Ann were working on building their third service station...

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

  Built in 1929, this building has been home to Mount Carmel and Memorial Churches throughout the years. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church was organized in the 1940s. Back in those days, it was in...

W.S. Kelly General Merchandise

W.S. Kelly General Merchandise

WS Kelly General Merchandise Wilbur S. Kelly built the W.S. Kelly General Merchandise store in the mid-’20s in what was known as “New Cogar”. He ran the store for a short period of...

osu pig farm

Oklahoma State University Pig Farm

  Sitting just on the outskirts of Stillwater sits the remnants of a once award-winning pig farm run by Oklahoma State University. In 1930 the OSU pig farm just west of the main campus received...

Logan County Memorial Hospital

Logan County Memorial Hospital

It is always a fascinating image to see an abandoned hospital. Molding surgery rooms, rotting medical equipment, and empty hallways. However, for many years the Logan County Memorial Hospital in...

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