National Register Record for DEWEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: DEWEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: BROADWAY AND RUBLE STREET
City: TALOGA            County: DEWEY
Section: 13           Township: 18N           Range: 17W          
Description of significance: THE DEWEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE SERVED AS THE CENTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN DEWEY COUNTY FROM 1925 TO THE PRESENT. FURTHER, IT IS THE ONLY STUCCO CLAD COURTHOUSE IN THE STATE. BUILT IN 1925, THE ORIGINAL BRICK EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WAS COVERED WITH STUCCO CA 1940. THE COURTHOUSE AREA ALSO INCLUDES AN OLD STUCCO CLAD JAIL AND A FREE-STANDING CONCRETE VAULT BUILT IN 1910. THE OLD JAIL HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LOCAL MUSEUM. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER, 3/22/1985.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Current Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; RECREATION/CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS / GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: JAYNE, MAURICE - ARCHITECT; KRIEPKE-SHAFER CONSTRUCTION CO., BUILDER
Year Built: 1925            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: SEE ALSO WPA SURVEY PROPERTIES AND COUNTY COURTHOUSES OF OKLAHOMA , THEMATIC NOMINATION.
Date Prepared: 8/23/1984