After moving around for more than half a century, a historical jail cell has finally made its way back to the site of its original location in Chandler.
Initially displayed in the basement of the original city hall, the cell was saved from disposal by city employee Peggy Walker during remodeling in the late 1960s.
Years later it was placed in the care of the Lincoln County Historical Society and moved to the south fence of the Williams Baseball Field where environmental conditions caused it to continually deteriorate over the course of several years.
In an effort to save this living piece of history a committee was soon assigned to decide the best way to exhibit the cell and in the Fall of 2016, Howard Dicman of Chandler Tire Center, facilitated the transportation of this cell to Service King in Stroud where it was restored and refinished.
Remaining as the only recognizable remnant of the early city hall, this jail cell has been placed back on site of its original location just in front of the Chandler 911 center, at 1001 Steele St.
With great historical value for both Chandler, county and state, this cell will be one of only three historic prison cells in Oklahoma with 24/7 access to the public and is becoming the latest historical attraction added to Route 66.
In honor of all the hard work put into this project and in celebration of a new historical exhibit officially being added to the books, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony held in front of the cell on the evening of July 28th at 7pm.