National Register Record for JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: MAIN AND BROADWAY
City: ALTUS            County: JACKSON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ALTUS IS A THREE-STORY NEOCLASSICAL BUILDING. THE BUILDING HAS A RUSTICATED RED GRANITE WATERTABLE WITH SMOOTH CUT STONE ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FACADES. ORIGINALLY TOPPED BY A DOME, THE DOME WAS REMOVED IN THE 1920S DUE TO STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. THE MAIN ENTRANCE HAS A MONUMENTAL PORTICO WITH IONIC COLUMNS AND A FALSE BALCONY SUPPORTED BY CURVED BRACKETS ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/23/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: ROWLES-BAILEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - BUILDER; C C HAIR AND CO - ARCHITECTS
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1984