National Register Record for ELLIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: ELLIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: COURT HOUSE SQUARE
City: ARNETT            County: ELLIS
Section: 9           Township: 19           Range: 24          
Description of significance: THE ELLIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS A THREE STORY BRICK BUILDING WITH A CAST STONE WATERTABLE. THE COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1912 AFTER A FOUR-YEAR BATTLE FOR THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT BETWEEN ARNETT, GAGE, AND SHATTUCK. IDENTICAL PORTICOES OF THE IONIC ORDER COVER THE ENTRANCEWAY ON THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/22/85.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS / GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: W.F. HULSE, ARCHITECT; W.M. RICE COSNTRUCTION CO, BUILDER
Year Built: 1912            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: ELLIS COUNTY HERITAGE, VOL 2, ELLIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1979; ELLIS COUNTY CAPITAL, DEC 25, 1908
Date Prepared: AUG 1982