Media FAQs

Q:Were any of the buildings in the area damaged?

The bomb damaged over 300 buildings in Oklahoma City. Thirty buildings were heavily damaged and 16 have since been torn down. Twenty blocks of downtown OKC had to be cordoned off due to the bomb’s extent. The building behind the Survivor Tree was the Journal Record Building at the time of the bombing. The Journal Record is a daily business newspaper in Oklahoma City. The building was constructed in 1923. The building was fully occupied at the time of the bombing and received extensive damage. The roof was blown off, several floors collapsed, and glass permeated the entire structure. Fortunately, there were no fatalities, although there were several critical injuries. The south facade of the building shows visitors the impact and raw power of the blast. The windows are blackened with bricks or tint to replicate missing, bombed out windows and the jagged brick edge at the top of the building shows where the roof broke away and slid to the ground below. The Journal Record Building has been restored to house the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum, a world-class museum that tells the story of what happened here on April 19, 1995, and its aftermath.

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