Oklahoma County Courthouse
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| Location | 321 Park Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Built by | Manhattan Construction Co. |
| Architect | Layton & Forsyth |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| MPS | County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000126[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 5, 1992 |
Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma was designed by prominent Oklahoma architect Solomon Layton and partners George Forsyth and Jewel Hicks[2] of the firm Layton & Forsyth, and was built in 1937. It replaced the original courthouse that was built with $100,000 in bonds issued and located at the intersection of California and Robinson at 520 West Main Street in the 1900s.
The building is located at 321 Park Avenue.[3] It cost $1.5 million paid for with a bond issue and money from the Public Works Administration (PWA), "a federal program to create jobs in The Great Depression.[4]
The 11-floor concrete courthouse building is considered art deco / art moderne and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5] Quotes are inscribed in the "sandy-brown Indiana limestone" and a carved mural depicts "a scene of Oklahoma friendship" between a Native American figure and a Mountain Man.[4]
The building is said to be "loosely abstracted from stepped-back Mayan temples" and includes a two-story lobby with terrazzo floor with a compass design as well as abstracted wagon wheel chandeliers and third story overlooks.[4] In 1967 a modern architecture building was constructed next to the courthouse and connected by a walkway.
The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1992.[1]
Rick Warren is the Court Clerk.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Carla Breeze, American Art Deco: Architecture and Regionalism (W. W. Norton & Company, 2003), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., pp. 19, 113 (excerpts available at Google Books).
- ^ "A Brief History of Oklahoma County Government." OklahomaCounty.org. Accessed 2009 September 17.
- ^ a b c John Parker The Oklahoma County Courthouse Oklahoma County website (Originally published in the June 2004 issue of Oklahoma City Downtown Monthly
- ^ Oklahoma County Courthouse Emporis
- ^ Oklahoma County Courthouse Emporis
External links
[edit | edit source]- Photo of building Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Photo album (including original building)
- 1937 establishments in Oklahoma
- Art Deco architecture in Oklahoma
- Buildings and structures in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
- County courthouses in Oklahoma
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- Government buildings completed in 1937
- National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma City
- Streamline Moderne architecture in Oklahoma