Abandoned 1920s School | Oklahoma City
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2023
- OBSCURIST TOURIST 123 - Come along with me as I explore this Oklahoma City School Administration Building. Built in 1921, and ultimately completed in 1924, this building was eventually abandoned about 5 years ago. During my explores, I'm always fascinated by how engaged and passionate locals are about their defunct buildings. A few approached me to tell me they had been fighting with the City of Oklahoma for years to have this place restored and put back into use. Unfortunately, the city wants to raze this place and erase its 100-year history to put something else in its place.
Regardless, let's explore this beautiful building together.
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These older building are good structurally what a waste to let them rot. Have homeless live there regulated. They could have an address, get an ID, find a job, provided they are the kind to want such.
In my city developers have turned them into apts. Buildings do have good bones
@RobertWhittle-jo9iv Right it would likely be. If the homeless they take in help it might not be so bad. But, we all know getting the right kind of homeless isn't very easy.
That would be the biggest liability ever 😂
Yeah if it were that easy, every shelter in America would never be full because they’d be getting jobs…they don’t want jobs.
@@jimbeam6691 Most of them don't.
As someone who appreciates the local architecture and am a tourist everytime im downtown, i appreciate this video
My mom was an OKC special ed teacher and was in this building all the time. When she retired she became a substitute teacher and I remember going with her into this place quite a few times to pick up or drop things off. It was creepy even when it was open.
I am a sped teacher here. It was always so dark inside.
@@JustPlainMimi62 Right?? I often wondered if the place was real or if I had walked into Silent Hill.
I spoke in that auditorium when I was a kid. There was a place by my school that needed a crosswalk with a guard. I got hit at that intersection and went to petition the board to create a new crosswalk. My mother has also taught/administrated for the district my most of my life so I’ve been all over that building. Super crazy to see it from this perspective.
The reason for all the Teddy Roosevelt quotes was because when it opened in 1921, it was the Roosevelt Jr. High School. Then it was the administration building from 1955 to June 2017 per Google. Lisa from Oklahoma
Thanks Lisa! I had no idea about the history when I originally went in. 🤗
Theodore Roosevelt was also the president who declared that Oklahoma was a state in November 16, 1907.
@@Quinntus79 Yes, I learned that in my required Oklahoma History class in 9th grade.
Now RJH is near SW 44.
Excited to see this building getting a spotlight! I've probably been in the a dozen times, it's popular with explorers but increasingly hard to get into. Every window all the way up is now covered and bolted since it caught fire about 18 months ago i think. For a while the only way to get in was to climb up the awning covering the back courtyard and then climbing up another story to go in a big window. Used to have one of the best views of the okc skyline through a corner office before everything got boarded up but you can still see if you go up onto the roof through a latter roof hatch. It's currently in much worse condition that it is in this video since the fire and not being able to air out the water damage. This place is very cool but very dark now and hard to breath in with the mold and decay. My favorite parts are the pool room and the large room with the giant 3d map of oklahoma on the wall. Haven't watched the whole video yet but hope he finds them
*edit* he did not find the coolest parts of this building. Safe exploring folks!
My mom was a teacher for 40+ years in OKC. I've been in that building more times than I can remember.
Amazing. It must be sad to see the state it’s in today. 😕
Where I grew up in a small town in Kansas there was a gas station built out of the old high-school that looked exactly like this! It didn't have all the extra areas/buildings in the back. Just picture the front view as the whole school. I think it was built in the late 1800's.
The left side was used as a video rental/arcade with a couple of pool tables, games Pac-Man, and some pinball machines. The center was the clerks counter, and the right side was like a very small grocery store with only a few isles of dry goods, and one freezer for drinks and beer. The second floor was the owners living quarters. Seeing this brought back so many memories! In the late 90's the new owner's wife decided to torch it for insurance money. She was caught.
I think I went to School there in the late 60's early 70's - It is eerie seeing ones past not only altered by time but left to decay.
I spent a lot of time there - worked for OKCPS for a good long time. So many meetings there, and I presented from that stage several times.. Can’t believe it’s like that now.
Haha. Near the end, those were the computer desks from the training rooms. Had a desktop underneath and the monitor on the rack. CRTs, no flat screens then.
That poster with the nurse holding a ruler against a child's is to promote checks for scoliosis! Hahaha
Haha. Now I know!
Saw this building not too long ago. I was curious how it looked inside. I’m glad there’s a video Thank you!
The interaction with the audience feels so personal.
I live in OKC. There used to be so many cool abandoned places. My favorite was this 1920s-40s psychiatric hospital. Even had the cement walled room where they experimented with shock therapy. It was haunted AF! This guy tried to rent it to me and a bunch of friends, right out of high-school, as a "12 bedroom stone house for $1400/mo (in 2000)." As we spoke, he told us about the hospital and how/why it was shut down. THEN, he told us that he tried to rent it to 2 different guys and they both died before they could sign the lease! One of then on the way to sign it!!! Nope thank you!!
You got in there before the fires, and the steel shutters were put up.
Came here to say this! Glad we can see what it looked like before. I’ve wanted to search it but the metal barricades and the daunting feeling it’ll all crumble under ash keeps me out lol
This is right down the street from my house!
I remember it was supposed to be demolished some time ago but that never happened. I think they’re still trying to sell it. I wish they would turn it into affordable housing or something useful to the community.
Too dilapidated.
I've been there about a dozen times in the last 2 years. I love it but theres no saving it and if im being honest it's a major health concern with the extreme amount of mold and asbestos in it. Still one of my favorite places to explore in the city but not nearly as cool as it was when i first started going. One of the floors caught fire about 18 months ago and it's very gloomy in there now
These abandoned places always look like they might be haunted. It's just a creepy feeling.
Cool building. I live in Spencer, OK. I'll have to check it out here soon.
Lots of fun times here, that asylum and the Lincoln blvd plaza when I was in high school, before they started demolishing stuff
That's beautiful
19:13 If i'm not mistaken that is an old way to check for scoliosis. The metal thing she placed on his back is to check the alignment of the spine
Yes, you are right.
Used to go there all the time few years back lmao my buddy and I were the ones who sprayed the printer ink everywhere haha had no idea it was that toxic
its wild the way that Beseler enlarger was jus tossed and left on the stairs like that, it didnt even look very old.
Rember breaking the windows back in middle school with my friend's.
I went there when I was about 4 or 5 for speech therapy and went to school across the street when they had small metal buildings and the brick catholic building I remember going to and laying on the floor looking up at the ceiling covered with beautiful angels painted on the roof
OKC local here!
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Wow, havent been inside since the 80s. The auditorium was used for school board meetings and i did a mock constitutional congress (kind of thing) once. Theres still architecture like this in OKC being used for education. Grand environs for a young kid, scary for this old man.
OMG I LIVE CLOSE TO THERE😀😀😉😉
So I remember going to Lafayette on South side before it closed down , I can't tell if this is it or not(so long ago) what was this school called?
Seems like I was in there just the other day, right before closed was there often.
Very interesting place although I don't think I would be going there by myself alone.
I agree. I'd go with a local though. Pay off the toughest looking dude to be a body guard
If he can u can
coool
My mom used to work at this building
It was literally operational just 8 years ago
What causes a school to be abandoned like this?
I live fairly close to this building, there are at least 5 homeless shelters and the Homeless Alliance within 3 miles. The area is the hub for homeless camps in town.
Is this on nw 10th?
man i walk past that school all the time
Did you find the tunnel entrance? Or did they tell you about it?
Speaking as an Oklahoman, Why do we have so many tunnels. XD
Seems like OKC and Tulsa were built by fantasy dwarves sometimes. Lol.
@@KarlPHorseas a fellow Oklahoman from my understanding it was a way to beat the heat before air conditioning it’s not just OKC and Tulsa their are many town with businesses starting below ground level with entire tunnel systems connecting them.
been inside once. i took a few floppy disks
She was checking for scoliosis
Oh wow! That was a Masonic symbol. I’m guessing they built that place❤️
Been in there many times. Doors down, etc, Vandalism. Sad.
Should’ve checked out basement and pool room
I really wanted to, but I determined that some homeless people or drug addicts might be down there - so better to be safe than sorry in my mind.
Im curious if it was a segregated school, not very long time ago. Sad
That is actually a very good question. I’ll have to look into that
@@ObscuristTouristyeah I guess I could have looked it up, but lazy google
@@ObscuristTouristMost schools remained segregated into the 1960s. By 1956, there were 273 integrated schools in Oklahoma.
Heyy im frm okc!!
Yesssss! I really enjoy my visits to your city! 🤗
12:27 the brown building on the skyline is the okc jail
Wondering if I would be able to go inside?
I believe it’s possible. You have to find the entry points and be aware that people in the neighbourhood covet this building, so please be respectful. 🤗
Alright thank you so much! Yes I will respect it 100% I really don’t like vandalism or breaking anything, just love exploring
@@jakebingaman9455aye you wanna go explore this with me bro
Mold is good for the respiratory system
A delicious part of a healthy diet.
@@ObscuristTourist😂😂😂
Why are these buildings always trashed ? Like I get leaving stuff a little messy or valuable stuff being stolen and the contents of it being trashed. But this is all trashed.
It’s one of my biggest pet peeves: graffiti and vandalism. It’s especially infuriating when the building has historical value. It’s always teenagers who don’t understand the value of such things. I always leave everything as I found it, so it’s been a constant frustration.
I live in OKC & am part of the “save the gold dome” community. ((Also drunken fry/Hilo)) but anyway, there’s always a fight when it comes to what to do with our old and abandoned buildings.
ALSO, watch out for the tweakers😂😂😂 I feel like this is the capital state for meth😤
OKC doesn’t have a lot of meth
It’s more so the super rural areas and the trailer parks on the south and west ends of the metro
Tias friends all... Do meth
Us mericans say yard stick, metric is so much easier, I hate fractions
I live like 5 blocks from here.
Was you hungry lol 11:49
STARVING! 😂
I thought that was Taft
I live about 45 minutes from OKC. 😂
What happens to all the stuff inside? Such a waste.
11:50 rumbles? 😅
My hunger cannot be tamed! 😂😂😂
That school is haunted
11:50 tummy bubbles
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How many times do I have block Kamala Harris’ ads before I stop seeing them.
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But if anyone that doesn't live In oklahoma want to move here ,show them this video
To anyone who reads this, please pray for my recovery and send positive thoughts my way.
There have been 6 murders in that building in the past 16 months. This was reckless
I am anything but reckless when it comes to these things. I am, as you see, alive and well. However, I’m not surprised people got murdered here. A good reason why I tread lightly and did out my surroundings before recording.
There’s some valuable stuff left behind it makes no sense
For real. It’s amazing the stuff that I find left behind.
@@ObscuristTourist Up until six months ago, I was a property taxpayer in this district, and I'm quite annoyed. All the desks, chairs, equipment, and other items should have gone to auction. In my opinion, Oklahoma City Public Schools dropped the ball. I saw a chemical cabinet that I know costs several hundred dollars because my workplace has the same one. I've bought workbenches for my garage from public school auctions, and they usually fetch around $100-much less than their actual cost. Despite this, I believe the labor and sale of these items in bulk would have recouped money and profit rather than being discarded as trash. Plus, that furniture is just so cool looking.
Lmao Fred Jones gay brother Gary
you look like Paul Giamatti
People always say I sound like Paul, but I’ve never heard I look like him, too! 😂
Why are these buildings always trashed ? Like I get leaving stuff a little messy or valuable stuff being stolen and the contents of it being trashed. But this is all trashed.