| City/Town: • Oklahoma City |
| Location Class: • Industrial • Railroad |
| Built: • 1934 | Abandoned: • 2000 |
| Status: • Demolished |
| Photojournalist: • Michael Schwarz • Mary Evans |
Stewart Metal Fabricators, also referred to as W.H. Stewart Co, opened in 1934. SMF came to a sudden close in 2000 because their contractor stopped funding them. Currently the building is owned by somebody that wants to tear down these old building and turn them into apartments. It will be interesting to see what he does with it. Currently the building is used to house the carriages for the Downtown horse carriage rides. The horses don’t stay there, they are just groomed and prepped there before a busy night of rides. Electricity remains on in parts of the building, however most of the building is covered in a multitude of symmetrically aligned skylights. Natural lighting is always beautiful!
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I worked there in 1987 for a short time on the AT&T units it was truly a learning experience, sad to hear it gone.I moved to Mississippi and found work in a shipyard it was at Stewart Steel that gave me a chance.
If I check the history of Stewart Metal Fabricators than I can easily say that this is one of the oldest steel fabricators. Thanks for sharing interesting thoughts here. Also check Rosh Metal LTD for steel fabrication help.
I worked there for several years…….so sad to see it like this.:(
Im looking for a man that worked there for many years. Kenneth Alford anyone know him?
I was plant manager until it closed. Was a great company and I miss the folks there a great deal.
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Good to know about this company…. If I need it I will use their services for steel fabrication work.
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If these are the buildings that were on the north side of Sheridan, then they are gone, and the apartments are indeed in the works.
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This would make one hell of a space for a film production studio! How does one reach the owner?
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Do you know when the bid for demolition of buildings will be posted
We are working on an update as we speak! Should be out very soon! 🙂
I generally want to maintain and reuse older buildings. These have NO redeeming value and considering where they are in East Bricktown the land is all the value. Raze them and resue the land for something more appropriate for the location.
Company actually closed in 2004. They quit paying their loan payments and the bank foreclosed. I attended the auction the bank had done on all the equipment and material. At one time, it was a good business but they lost a major contract producing the metal boxes for a major phone company. Stupidity on their part to have such a high concentration in just one customer
They did get a contract with Hitachi to build doors for their units in Norman ,but it became more of a headache than anything else. The contract was eventually lost to another builder. I stayed until May of 2003. I was one of the supervisors in the fab shop,which is now the Criterion
How would I get permission to hold a photo shoot in this building? I assume you have the contact information If you dont mind sharing you can email me the info?
Thank you
Larry
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