National Register Record for CREEK COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: CREEK COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 222 E. DEWEY AVE.
City: SAPULPA            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE CREEK COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN SAPULPA IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF GREEK REVIVAL/NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY PROMINENT OKLAHOMA ARCHITECT, SOLOMON LAYTON. BUILT AROUND 1912, THE COURTHOUSE UNDERWENT EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS BEGINNING IN 1999 TO STABILIZE THE STRUCTURE AND RETURN HISTORIC ELEMENTS TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE, SUCH AS TIN CEILINGS OBSCURED BY THE INSTALLATION OF A DROP CEILING IN THE 1960S. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/22/1985.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: LAYTON AND WEMYSS - ARCHITECTS; MANHATTAN CONSRUCTION COMPANY - BUILDER
Year Built: 1912            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: NOMINATION FORM
Date Prepared: 1984