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Oklahoma City, OK

41 places · 56 businesses · since 1889
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Oklahoma City on When It Was is 41 addresses and the 56 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1889. 19 are still open today; 37 are gone, and 21 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.

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Civic Center Music Hall (Municipal Auditorium)

201 N Walker Ave · 1937–present · 2 businesses here
A New Deal auditorium that opened in 1937, was remodeled in 1966, and is still one of the city's main stages.

Huckins Hotel

22 N Broadway Ave · 1909–1971 · 2 businesses here
Rebuilt after a 1908 fire, it sold itself with a garage annex that let guests 'Drive Right Into the Huckins Hotel.'

Jamil's Steakhouse

4910 N Lincoln Blvd · 1964–present · 2 businesses here
A Lebanese steakhouse in an early-1930s house that was once a dance hall and speakeasy, with glass salvaged from the Hotel Black.

John A. Brown's Department Store

213 W Main St · 1932–1974 · 2 businesses here
Oklahoma City's biggest downtown department store spread across a block of Main and Park, and was torn down for a Galleria that never arrive…

Santa Fe Depot

100 S E.K. Gaylord Blvd · 1934–1979 · 2 businesses here
The Art Deco depot of 1934 was the third station on this spot, lost its trains in 1979 and sat empty for about twenty years.

Belle Isle Power Plant (OG&E)

50 Penn Pl · 1930–1999 · 2 businesses here
OG&E's art deco plant ran as a standby until 1980 and was imploded in January 1999 for retail space.

Farmers Public Market

311 S Klein Ave · 1928–present · 2 businesses here
Built in 1928 as a Mission/Spanish Revival market with an upstairs hall that later hosted skating, dances and boxing; now an event center an…

Globe Life Insurance offices

311 W Grand Ave · 1953–1975 · 2 businesses here
Globe Life Insurance Company bought the building in 1953 and kept offices there for 21 years.

Oklahoma City, decade by decade

Still here, and gone

Still open (19)

Gone (37)

By kind of place

Restaurant (9)

Cattlemen's Steakhouse · Chicken in the Rough (first restaurant) · Jamil's Steakhouse · Urban Roots · Dolores Restaurant · Ann's Chicken Fry House · Three Bulls Steak House · Johnnie's Charcoal Broiler · and 1 more

Hotel (7)

Biltmore Hotel · Huckins Hotel · Lee Hotel · Hotel Lawrence · Hotel Kingkade · Hotel Black · Skirvin Hotel

Theater (7)

Criterion Theatre · Midwest Theatre · Warner Theatre (Overholser Opera House / Orpheum) · Cooper Cinerama Theatre (Liberty Theatre) · Tower Theatre · Aldridge Theatre · Winchester Drive-In

Office Building (6)

Hales Building · Mercantile Building (Levy Building) · Globe Life Insurance offices · Oklahoma Railway Company Terminal Building · One Bell Central (Southwestern Bell) · Oklahoma Publishing Company Building (Daily Oklahoman Building)

Other (5)

Oklahoma Art Center · Cities Service gas station · Belle Isle Power Plant (OG&E) · Farmers Public Market · Prairie Surf Studios

Stadium (4)

Taft Stadium · Holland Field / Texas League Park · Myriad Convention Center (Cox Convention Center) arena · All Sports Stadium

Store (3)

John A. Brown's Department Store · Brock's Dry Goods · Katz Drug Store

Music Venue (3)

Civic Center Music Hall (Municipal Auditorium) · Diamond Ballroom · Ruby's Grill

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