City/Town: • Guthrie |
Location Class: • Hospital |
Built: • 1925, 1946 | Abandoned: • 1978 |
Status: • Restored |
Photojournalist: • AbandonedOK Team • Michael Schwarz • James Kirkendall |
It was in 1925 when The Methodist Episcopal Conference began construction on the brand new hospital in Guthrie Oklahoma, however due to the depression plans to complete the facility were halted. It wasn’t until 1932 when a nonprofit organization in Guthrie purchased the unfinished medical structure and named it Cimarron Valley Wesley Hospital.
In 1946, the Order of the Sisters of Benedict purchased the hospital and completed construction soon afterward. St. Anthony Hospital, owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Francis of Maryville, Mo., bought the facility with help from the community in 1964, renaming it Alvero Heights Hospital. The name was changed to Logan County Memorial Hospital in 1974.
The hospital was deeded to the county in 1977 and a replacement facility opened west of Guthrie in October, 1978.
In 1982, R&T Properties, a partnership of local businessmen Ray H. Riddle and Hal A. Treadwell, purchased the former Logan County Memorial Hospital and its four acres for an undisclosed price from the Logan County Hospital Trust Authority. The five-story, 55,000-square-foot building, located at 19th and W Warner in Guthrie, was supposed to be remodeled into 50 to 70 one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments but the project never got off the ground.
Starting all the way back to 2009, we tried reaching out to neighbors and city officials to find the owners to let us in, no luck. Security was obviously a priority though because I was constantly hearing about arrests being made of people trying to break in, thank goodness! It wasn’t until December 2016 when James Kirkendall, an Abandoned Arkansas team member, finally was able to track down the persons in charge. They told Kirkendall that Belmont Management recently purchased the decaying building and had plans of repurposing it into senior housing.
This was great news, it’s also good to hear when our states historic places can be saved. Right before construction began, in March of 2017, Kirkendall was able to able to get us an exclusive tour of the inside.
The interior was gorgeous; square glass walls, the doors from the 1940s, the metal light fixtures, the original ceiling. It was all still there. During the tour, we met the former owner’s head of security that told us of their high-end set up. There were pressure triggers on the front lawn and the back that would instantly notify police, hidden cameras on all sides of the building. He told us a few time he heard conversations of people who planned to break a window; they were arrested shortly after. As we continued, we found an old birthing table in the middle of the hallway, signage and on the second floor the nurses station’s buzzer system still had electricity and was in working condition. (Photos below).
Now, in 2020, the hospital has been fully redeveloped and reopened as the The Villas of Benedictine Pointe Apartments. “And we’ve tried to keep it as historically correct as possible,” said Property Manager Jim Martin. They offer studio, one and two-bedroom apartments. A happy ending for the vacant hospital.
– Michael Schwarz, AbandonedOK
Read more about the renovation: https://hamiltonpropertiescorporation.com/blog/villas-of-benedictine-pointe
Sources:
Oklahoma Historical Society
If you wish to support our current and future work, please consider making a donation or purchasing one of our many books. Any and all donations are appreciated.
Donate to our cause Check out our books!
I went there in 1991 with a bunch of friends through the back.It was dark and we used lighters..I was amazed at the stuff left behind and seeing the morgue..We stayed about an hour and headed to the children’s home..Dumb and young
My mom grew up in Guthrie, she had 11 siblings, her family arrived right after the city was established, and one of her sister’s live in one of the new apartments now. I co-founded a paranormal team, when we research a place in Guthrie I am not sure what interests me the most “The possible ghostly activity, or the the old buildings/houses”. It’s a hospital when first opened death was higher, than those who survived. Almost EVERY deadly disease back then, we have vaccines for today. Operations was based on “Let’s see if this works, instead of knowing the procedure would work”, Guthrie was not a calm place so if you got shot the hospital would be your death place, and Let’s not forget the many accidents that ended in death. So any paranormal activity could be possible, unfortunately if a spirit is haunting the place “They are probably lost, and confused”. My aunt lives on the floor that was a ICU for children, and where due to disease many children suffered and died. She said she hears noises, but ignore them since it’s a old building (aka Made up a excuse where she’s not packing up in the middle of the night, running out the building repeating HELL NO I AM OUT).
It’s so funny to hear the stories about the hospital’s final years as an abandoned building – especially things like pressure plates in the lawn.
There were none. But, that said, I was one of the pressure plates, myself.
The cameras inside weren’t hidden, they were very easy to see, if you got inside. Less visible was the omnidirectional mic that picked up every sound in the building. It was on the pipes in the ceiling of the basement hallway, just outside what used to be the kitchen.
For over a decade, I was part of the paranormal investigation team that worked in the hospital, and I have to say, it was a remarkable time.
We learned a great deal, which I won’t go into very deeply, because we signed non-disclosure agreements. But the owner of the property let us have the run of the place for more than 10 years, and we learned rather a great deal.
As to BEING one of the “pressure plates”, well… the cameras and microphone weren’t just for paranormal research. We also stood guard over the building, which we referred to as, “The Lady”, listening and watching 24 hours a day to ensure the building’s safety. And also watching the raccoons that would invariably wake us up in the wee hours of the night as they came and went.
The Lady always felt like home when you walked inside, regardless of those who tried to say it was “evil” or “spooky”. I always felt it warm, and inviting.
I had left the project before the hospital sold, but we were all devastated by losing what we always thought of as “ours, but not ours”. We truly loved the Lady, as a kind of anthropomorphic person, not just a building.
And here’s a bit of further history trivia: for those who know who Karen Silkwood was, this is the hospital her body was taken to after she was found dead on the side of the road.
I’m glad the Lady got another run at life. It really is a happy ending for her.
And hell, who knows? Maybe I’ll retire in one of the apartments some day.
Uileag, it’s good to hear from you again! -Russell
I was born there and my mom worked there over 20 years. Not haunted
Guthrie Oklahoma is my home town. Still live here today. A lot has changed here but that hospital remains the same in its empty, silent but yet creepy and amazingly beautiful walls iv been in wonder since I was little of all the things that had-has happened there. My moms dad my grandfather died there on the fourth floor to the right of the building I never got to meet him but I know from all the stories I hear of him I would have loved to hear him play that ole banjo 🙂 lol RIP graps
My dad was born here….when I was about 14 I saw someone standing in a window on about the second/third floor….he peaked around the corner of the window and waved at me and then turned where I couldn’t see him….i ran all the way back to my church 5 blocks away screaming…..still gives me chills
I was born across the street from there. My mom told me the hospital was across the street to the south where the Nuns later lived. I guess that would be right if the bigger hospital wasn’t completed until 1946.
I went to the hospital once when I was a kid before they were even really strict about ppl sneaking in. .. when we went in it was really cold and I remember it was like super hot outside so I kinda thought that was weird then I felt acoupke strong breezes pass by me acouple of times and ended up taking an old hospital book …I recently just went back w a friend and before we could even walk around the building once there was an officer that had pulled up he ended up being pretty cool about it w just a warning but took our names for the log of people trying to get in so if we tried to go back we would really get in trouble I just don't understand of there is a paranormal. Group doing studies then why can't we come in and check it out to ???
I lived down the street from the old hospital for 12 years. I was born at the new Logan County Hospital in 1981 and growing up down the street, being a candy-stripper at the nursing home.. My brother and I even went inside.. I know its haunted. There was a tub/giant sink full of blood. The morgue even smelled like dead. Plus, my aunt was the person that contributed to the hospital shutting down because she sue them for all they had the incubator up too high permanently scarred my cousin's face.
Are the cams still up and going? Would some one please leak the link? I loved watching these cams. Got to see somw interesting things. Aome good sound bytes as well.
In 1950 my mother's parents were traveling to visit my family in moore or norman when my grandfather suffered a heart event near guthrie and was taken to this hosp.He was hospitalized for some weeks and my grandmother slept in his room on a cot. One morning she was found to be dead. She was only 56. Weird! He recovered. I was 4. I have never seen the hosp but feel I should and plan to some day.
I was born there on Aug 17, 1967. According to my birth certificate, it was called Alverno Heights Hospital at the time.
I was there in 1951 during the Polio epidemic. The sisters provided excellent care.
Jim, I spent a month there in 1949 with Polio and was then transfered to Crippled Childrens Hospital in Oklahoma City, where I spent another month before going home.
good work
our neighbors also tend to call the cops alot
AVOID THIS PLACE! Not for any "paranormal activity" or ghosts, but for cops!
I noticed the building as I drove through Guthrie recently — in broad daylight. As I walked around the exterior of the building, a guy drove up and said he'd called the cops on me for trespassing. They showed up, and let me go shortly after. The cops said the owners have monitored 24-hour surveillance, and regularly call the police. Not sure what's up with that. 🙁
Sounds exactly like my experience yesterday. Was driving into town from the west side on 33 and noticed the building. I've been all over that town, but just noticed that building for the first time yesterday. So, we decided that we'd see what it was. We got out, walked around, snapped a few pictures, then the cops showed up.
A paranormal research team has/had 4 live video feeds inside. Ya go in, they see ya and make a phone call, you'll be escorted out. I walked through long before then,though. A few personal experiences by all of us there.
You are all idiots and stupid freaking warnings come on does not have to be said like that
Hey I live in Stillwater and my wife and I are paranormal investigators and we were wondering who we need to get in touch with for permission to enter this location.
[…] in 1925, the five story hospital on the corner of 20th and Warner in Guthrie is now boarded up. But AbandonedOK reports that lights inside the hospital have been seen flickering on and […]
It IS NOT haunted. Ive been there to know. Dont go on the property. Its illegal youll go to jail and just a little p.s the people living around there are not okcprg thats normal people however cameras are watched at all times. So its wise to just stay away
i live by the hospital on 18 i can literally see it out my window and if you do go in there make sure your not being watched our neibors are snitches
I went here on monday may 13 2013 around noon. My daughter and I drove around the back and took pictures of the back, side and front. In two of the pictures of the back there are eyes and we also saw in another picture two faces one white and the other black. I believe dthere are spirts both good and evil. The eyes were evil!!
I've been to this place recently (spring break 2013) and they have stepped up their security. 2 cops came up and questioned me and told me to leave. Even if they didn't show up its damn near impossible to enter they've boarded it up so well. There is a building in the back that is capable of entry but still. Unless you want to explain to the police why you're there just stay off the property.
Stay away from here! There is nothing in this building that is worth what you seek. This place is condemed by the Sisters of Saints. Great sins come forth from the ground of innocet blood that soaks the soil around. And if you dare to ignore this message. Then worthless is your life and soul! Dear God forgive us all, for we know not what we do. Amen.
My husband and I went to see the hospital last year cause I was curious. My husband is from Guthrie has been in this hospital many times before it was closed. They took the fence down so you can actually walk around it, as we did and even drove our car in back. It just looks a little creepy cause it is a dilapidated building. I did not find anything scary about this place, it is more dangerous as unsafe than scary. I work in the medical field and I will tell you that any hospital or nursing home is haunted. If you've ever worked or been a patient in these places then you've seen or heard things that weren't there.
Hi Michelle! I live about a mile from the hospital and I am interested in your pic! My email is lrbrandt711@hotmail.com thanks!
my grand mother was a nurse here in 1975 to 1978 when the new hospital was finished……fast foward to 1995 me and a few friends pulled off a sheet of plywood and got in on the rear nw corner we went allthru the place tripping on acid and smoking weed was a real trip pun intended my buddy crawled up into the sliding storage and we closed the door on him was a real fun time we never saw or felt anything that wasnt from the efects of drugs…… how ever the childrens home was a whole different feeling it was def haunted too bad it wasnt documented before it was restored ironically now that i have grown up and quit most drugs i married my beuatiful wife at the (satanic) orphange in 2006 so i have seenthe place in both conditions
Heard this place is super haunted
[…] https://abandonedok.com […]
I was confined their in 1975, bad bad things , basements and pentagons. Dr Blesh sightings from hall and rooms, screaming , bad food, sickness, menatl sickness 4ht floor nitemares.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'''''''''''''''''''''' LAUGH
How would you contact to visit the site?
TOUR GUTHRIE…282-0344
This building is heavily guarded by the Guthrie police,unless you have permission to be there;you will be asked to leave. This building is used by the OKCPRG,they have cameras in there and a website.
http://www.researchwebcam.net/
Pixie that website does not work !!
Type out "researchwebcam" into Google web search and choose the link titled "Abandoned Hospital Cam"
I am English, and researching Oklahoma. This is all so interesting. I'm writing a book and if anyone can give me some information on, not only this hospital, but how the surrounding countryside looked between 1964-1978/80 I'd be so grateful. Mainly interested in whether this place stands miles from anywhere -how far to a main town etc. What are the houses like around these parts = are they mainly farm houses etc. In fact anything at all, I would be grateful for the info. I have travelled most parts of the U.S. but never, sadly been to Oklahoma. Thanks so much.
http://maps.google.co onm/maps?q=19th+%26+Warner+Guthrie+Oklahoma&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=W+Warner+Ave+%26+N+19th+St,+Guthrie,+Logan,+Oklahoma+73044&gl=us&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=0
Simple, google 19th & Warner Ave Guthrie Oklahoma … sits on the west side of town. The Stone Lion Inn is in Guthrie too.
i live in gythrie there is a lot of country side on the outsirts the house i live in now was built over 100 years ago and look like a normal house most of them here in guthrie have a basement i live by an old abandoned juvenile school it was last chance to straighten up there or they were going to jail if you want i can give you my email address and yopu can email me more about what you need to know here is my email pkatie32@gmail.com
Theres something funny with this actually. When I was visiting the property a few months ago, 2 police officers came up to me and told me to leave. What's funny is one of the cops was definitely British.
LOL, born here 1969. Never knew that abt Karen Silkwood. Wow. In October 1983 I was here when the bldg was used to house foster kids who were between placements or some such. I had loaned my science folder to a friend who was taken out of her home over the weekend, and somehow my mom found out where they took her. At that time, if I recall correctly, only the far south west wing was being occupied, but not the rest of the place. Interesting stories and links. Thanks for sharing.
I hate when they shut down old buildings and say they are to old to be runed. Then they just sit there and rote and fall apart when they were fine to begen with. I know a hospital called Dorthia Dix Hospital in NC. They shut it down because it was to old and it is older than this hospital and it looks in great shape. Have no idea why they closed it down. They are thinking about demolishing the hospital and turning it into a park. This hosptal is 151 years old and shut down a few months ago. And it is in perfect condition. Please comment….. Danny.
would love to turn it into a shooting club and gun store!
And then someone can shoot you in the face!
hell, I was born there, june 30th, 1963
The hospital was named Benedictine Heights Hospital during the period the Benedictine sisters owned and operated it.
Growing up in the Oklahoma City area, I have been to Guthrie many times. About two years ago, after buying a new camera, I suggested to my boyfriend that we should go over to Guthrie to try out my new camera. There are so many old buildings there, I thought it would be a great place to take pictures. I had always heard about the old abandoned hopsital, and after finding it, we got out of the car and started walking around the building. This was on a Sunday around 2 p.m. I took a couple of rolls of film that day, and after getting home and having the film developed, I was anxious to see how my camera worked. While looking through the pictures, my boyfriend stopped and said, "Wait, look at this". In one of the pictures, there is a woman with a white, ruffled hat standing in one of the windows. You can see her face and her dress, as well. I couldn't believe it. She appeared on the third floor. It is so strange to have something show up in a photograph when you know you didn't see it at the time it was taken. Anyways, I wish I could post it here. It is an incredible picture!
Can you please upload it? I would really like to see it…
Hi OKC! I live about a mile from the hospital. I am interested in your pic. My email is leslieruth711@hotmail.com thanks!!!!
[…] https://abandonedok.com […]
i have spent the night in there and it truly i haunted! it was totally worth the night in jail for trespassing! i have a few videos in my storage!
I went there back in 2008 during the day and just sat there in my car outside, drove around back and got out and walked around. Nobody bothered me. I got really interested in reading about KAREN SILKWOOD, the Richard Rashke book, 'The Killing of Karen Silkwood' about the events surrounding Kerr McGee and her death/murder. This was the hospital she was brought to by ambulance after she died in the car crash just south of the HWY 33 and HWY 74 intersection. Her '73 Honda Civic going into the concrete culvert on the left side of the road on 33 going south, just past the farm house on the right and Industrial Rd. She was brought to the emergency room that night at Logan County Memorial, November 13th, 1974.
Oh yes, I remember reading about Karen Silkwood..she was coming to OKC, at the time a Holiday Inn, on NW 39 near Portland..she never made it. The lady knew to much information…I wish I had known that when I was there! Thanks for sharing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood On the night of the car crash, she was driving alone to Oklahoma City to meet David Burnham, a reporter for The New York Times, to tell her story. Meryl Streep played Silkwood in the movie.
sooo i am going to check this place out…. do i need to watch for cops?
yes u do its now under video servalence
yeah,ive been inside this place around this time last year as a matter of fact, we got into the crematorium,then went inside the hospital only for a few minutes we took video and saw and heard things, then got out, when we got home we saw something touch someone, but they didnt feel it, its very spooky and haunted, dont really suggest going inside the hospital…
theshadowlands.net, go to oklahoma then youll see a full description on logan county hospital and it is down to a T…thank you for reading
Your site is horrible.
Me and a couple of friends went in a couple of years ago. We have some video of us going through it. If I can find the video I will upload it.
OKCPRG does not own the hospital, check the public records.
Your hospital photos, are beautiful, thank you for sharing .
Thurs.Oct 12, local channel KWTV9, aired a segment, Haunted Guthrie, I may be mistaken on this one, The Old Sheriffs building, Logan County Memorial Hospital, and he infamous Stone Lion Inn.
Also, there is an article about the above online. It may be in the archives, but the video was on the internet this morning,
The hospital was recently purchased by an investment group for $700,000
OMG!!! I was born at this hospital inh 1970 when it was called Alvero Heights…
Kinda spooky!!!!!
http://www.strangeusa.com/ViewLocation.aspx?locat…
Some more pictures of Logan County Hospital.
I wonder if they would be willing to sell the property I have seen the building and would love to own it.
they wont sell its a landmark and its haunted. i have proof. and the jail time to prove it!
Im glad to see this on here! I have been by that place hundreds of times! The guys that live next door are apart of OKC-PRG and think they own the place. They came and yelled at use one time and we didnt even step foot on the property. I would love to take a tour of the place!
They dont own the place and its not haunted
You can view the OKC-PRG live webcams inside the hospital 24/7. The web address is http://www.researchwebcam.net
I demand to see pictures of the inside. Dont make me come down there and get photos, because I'll find a way in.
Can I come? haha
You can find pics on the internet. From what I can tell there's not much in there. It's about a mile from my house, the last time I went there I was promptly "kicked out"
If you go in there now, you can be arrested. There are webcams set up by city officials to keep track of visitors. These are available to the public and they are encouraged to call in any sights of people.
Ps-there's are pics on the site….right above this comment…
You are no longer allowed inside. This building is now used for Guthrie Police training on occasion.
Some friends and I took photos of this place too. I was so hoping your team had been lucky enough to enter but alas, it will remain a mystery. Keep up the good work. Love the site and seeing all the places you've been. And yes I agree the front side is creepier!
You can find pics on the internet. From what I can tell there's not much there.
shit me and my buddies going to break in to it here soon and we will show y'all pics
All of the pictures from this place is from the back side. The creepier stuff is on the front and inside.
I have heard alot about this place. very cool! I love your site! I hope you keep adding great abandoned places in oklahoma!
Yes, this AbandonedOK place has made the rumor rounds. So much so that a local paranormal team set up 24/7 live webcams so that the place can be constantly monitored for paranormal activity. If you'd like, you can check their webcams out at http://www.researchwebcam.net/