National Register Record for MUSKOGEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: MUSKOGEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 216 STATE STREET
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE MUSKOGEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE BUILDING DESIGNED BY RENOWNED OKLAHOMA ARCHITECTS, LAYTON, HICKS, AND FORSYTH. BUILT IN 1928, THE COURTHOUSE IS LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK. IT IS A THREE-STORY RECTANGULAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF FACED STONE BLOCKS. THE GROUND FLOOR IS RUSTICATED. 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; RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - BUILDER; LAYTON, HICKS, AND FORSYTH AND H.O. VALEUR ASSOCIATES - ARCHITECTS
Year Built: 1928            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1984