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Designed in 1941 for Phillips University, condemned in the 1980s, and now converted to senior apartments — the years the building sat vacant produced reports of voices, piano playing, and recorded singing with no visible source.
1801 N Garfield Ave, Enid, OK 73701
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
No public admission. The building is now private senior apartments; exterior viewing from public sidewalk only.
Access
Limited Access
Residential neighborhood; exterior viewing from public sidewalk. No interior public access.
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1941 · 1941 women's dormitory designed by architect Roy W. Shaw for Phillips University · Condemned by Oklahoma state in the early 1980s and left vacant for a period · Listed on the National Register of Historic Places · Converted to senior apartments following NRHP listing
Phillips University, founded in Enid by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), operated on a campus in northwest Enid from its founding in 1906 until its closure in 1998. Among its campus buildings was Clay Hall, the women's dormitory, designed in 1941 by architect Roy W. Shaw. The building was constructed in a Late Moderne or Art Deco-influenced institutional style typical of mid-century campus construction.
The Oklahoma state government condemned Clay Hall in the early 1980s, leaving it vacant during a period when the broader Phillips University campus faced financial pressures that would eventually lead to the university's 1998 closure. During the vacant years, the building attracted both local curiosity and the paranormal accounts documented by Enid local sources.
Clay Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its architectural significance within the Phillips University campus context. After the listing, the building was converted to senior housing apartments, which remain its current use. It sits in a residential neighborhood in northwest Enid, distinct from the main former Phillips campus later acquired by Northern Oklahoma College.
Sources
The paranormal accounts from Clay Hall are specific to the period of vacancy that followed its state condemnation in the early 1980s. Local Enid sources, including the Enid Buzz, document reports from that era of voices audible from within the closed building when it was confirmed to be unoccupied.
More specifically described were accounts of piano music — a sound described by witnesses as coming from upper-floor rooms that, when investigated, contained no piano or any instrument. Separately, at least one report describes an attempt to capture audio from within the building that resulted in recordings of women singing, again with no visible or explicable source attributed to the sound.
The building is now occupied as private senior apartments. Active residential use means public access is not possible and current paranormal accounts are not reported. The accounts in circulation trace to the vacancy period.
Clay Hall, a 1941 Late Moderne-style dormitory designed by architect Roy W. Shaw, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is now private senior apartments; exterior viewing from the sidewalk is the only public access. The paranormal accounts date to the vacant years following condemnation.
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