Libralabsoldier
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"abandoned" houses in Oklahoma
Driving across this state going to job interviews, I have noticed something: Lots of old houses, rotting and rusting in the middles of wheat fields, alongside roads.....
Some are from distinct periods of construction, such as houses built of Medicine Park cobblestone (illegal to do now, and it is almost impossible to buy the stones) and other older style farm houses. So, here is what my wife and I were wondering: What is the legal situation for these abandoned houses? I stopped at one and was going to take pictures, but my camera was dead. I did not enter the house, but noticed that the doors still had these gorgeous old glass door knobs, and there was a lot of other antique hardware just rusting and going to patina scattered everywhere.
These houses are not safe, and I wonder why they are allowed to just collapse, with everything they contain inside. I also wonder how one would go about doing a bit of treasure hunting and scavenging in houses that have no discernible owner.
Driving across this state going to job interviews, I have noticed something: Lots of old houses, rotting and rusting in the middles of wheat fields, alongside roads.....
Some are from distinct periods of construction, such as houses built of Medicine Park cobblestone (illegal to do now, and it is almost impossible to buy the stones) and other older style farm houses. So, here is what my wife and I were wondering: What is the legal situation for these abandoned houses? I stopped at one and was going to take pictures, but my camera was dead. I did not enter the house, but noticed that the doors still had these gorgeous old glass door knobs, and there was a lot of other antique hardware just rusting and going to patina scattered everywhere.
These houses are not safe, and I wonder why they are allowed to just collapse, with everything they contain inside. I also wonder how one would go about doing a bit of treasure hunting and scavenging in houses that have no discernible owner.