National Register Record for SKULLYVILLE COUNTY JAIL

Historic Name: SKULLYVILLE COUNTY JAIL
Current Name: None
Address: W OF PANAMA
City: PANAMA VICINITY            County: LEFLORE
Section: 13           Township: 8N           Range: 24E          
Description of significance: THE SKULLYVILLE COUNTY JAIL IS THE ONLY EXTANT BUILDING CONNECTED WITH THE SKULLYVILLE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. THE COMPLEX ONCE INCLUDED A CHOCTAW COURTHOUSE, THE JAIL, AND AN EXECUTION TREE. THESE FACILITIES WERE ERECTED SHORTLY AFTER THE CHOCTAW NATION MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE ORIGINAL MID-19TH CENTURY JAIL WAS REPLACED IN 1888 WITH THE PRESENT JAIL. THIS JAIL IS A SINGLE-STORY RECTANGULAR BUILDING CLAD IN NATIVE SANDSTONE. THE WALLS ARE TWO FEET THICK AND THE ONLY OPENINGS ARE A IRON BAR DOOR AND A SINGLE WINDOW ALSO COVERED IN IRON BARS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/6/1980.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Current Function: OTHER: STORAGE
Area of Significance 1: LAW
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: FANNIN, ELIJA W. - BUILDER
Year Built: 1888            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES, DECEMBER 11, 1972; OKLAHOMA LANDMARKS: A SELECTION OF NOTEWORTHY STRUCTURES, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, OSU, 1967
Date Prepared: 1980