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Van's Drive in (also once called Jacoby's) corner Owen Garriott (old Lahoma Rd) and Van Buren





Carnegie library





This great old photo shows the aftermath of a hotel fire in Enid. The date of the picture is thought to be from the 20's or 30's. Photo contributed by Darryl Todd Hays



Vintage Photo Trail Motel



Vintage Photo Trail Motel



WWII Barracks on Vance AFB, Enid
photo from
http://worldwar2pilot.blogspot.com/2009/07/basic-flight-training-2-enid-oklahoma.html





Oxford Hotel, Enid





Billings Hotel, Enid

Billings Hotel Trivia:
BILLINGS HOTEL CO. el al. v. CITY OF ENID
1920 OK 41
186 P. 1085
77 Okla. 122
Case Number: 7815
Decided: 01/27/1920
Supreme Court of Oklahoma¶1 This was an original proceeding in this court by the Billings Hotel Company et al. against the city of Enid, on the relation of H. O. Glasser, city attorney, and Jas. B. Cullison, judge of the district court of Garfield county, to prohibit the defendants from proceeding in a certain case pending in the district court of Garfield county wherein the city of Enid, on the relation of H. O. Glasser, city attorney, is plaintiff, and the Billings Hotel Company et al. are defendants. The petition in the district court alleged the defendants were operating a "booze joint" in said Billings Hotel, and maintaining a nuisance and a place where liquor was bought and sold, and the city prayed for an injunction to enjoin the defendants from maintaining said nuisance.

the writ of prohibition was dismissed.





University Hospital, Enid, OK
"February 1939: The University Hospital again is under the direction of Dr. S.N. Mayberry. The ownership of Baptist Hospital Association has been terminated by legal proceedings. Located at 501 W. Randolph, this institution has long been associated with the development of northwest Oklahoma having been founded in 1908 by Drs. S.N. and Ed A. Mayberry. Dr. Mayberry expects to align the training school for nurses with Phillips University."





Oklahoma Christian University, Enid





This is a great vintage photo of
The Alton Mercantile Co. Building on Maple.
I believe there was an old ghost story about Mr. Alton.
(This is currently Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse)





Life Magazine photos of Enids Elevators which at the time, were some of the largest in the world




Life Magazine photos of Enids Elevators which at the time, were some of the largest in the world




Enid Mill and Elevator 1929




Enid Mill and Elevator - 1900




Enid Mill and Elevator




This old newspaper article shows the tearing down of the Enid mill building.




Lowen Hotel and Theatre



Convention Hall (now called Mark Price Arena)
In 1919, Milton C. Garber, then mayor of Enid, and his commissioner aides, G. W. Pancoast and Jason W. Butts, proposed a bond issue for the construction of a building to memorialize the efforts of Garfield County soldiers in WWI.Sealed bids were accepted until Sept. 1, 1919 on bonds of $250,000 for the construction of the convention hall. The building was constructed at a cost of $500,000. The hall is four stories tall, has two balconies: the first of which holds 995 people and the second 667 people. The floor measures at 109 feet long by 67 feet wide, and can hold 600 people. The ceiling is 40 foot high and the stage measures at 37 feet wide and nearly 30 foot long. The basketball arena in Convention Hall was renamed in 1993 to Mark Price Arena is named after basketball player Mark Price who played for Georgia Tech and the Cleveland Cavaliers.




Oklahoma State Bank



First Baptist Church



Old photo of the Champlin Oil Refinery



Another photo of the Oxford Hotel





Oxford Hotel




Oxford Hotel after fire. Pictures courtesy of Michael E Riley



Oxford Hotel after fire. Pictures courtesy of Michael E Riley



Oxford Hotel after the fire. Pictures courtesy of Michael E Riley




Oxford Hotel after the fire. Thanks to Jo Aguirre




Enid General Hospital and School of Nursing - 1958
what is now Integris Bass Baptist Health Center




This building, located at the corner of Maple and Jefferson was dedicated in 1924 as the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Today it is Cimarron Montessori School
 

Vintage postcard picture of Oklahoma Christian University, Enid
postcard picture of Oklahoma Christian University in Enid, which opened
around 1907, later known as Phillips University, it is now home to
Northern Oklahoma College - Enid. Phillips University
went into bankruptcy and closed it's doors in 1998.

 

 

 

 





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