National Register Record for UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE
Current Name: FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
Address: 111 NORTH 5TH
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: FROM THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IN 1911 TO THE PRESENT, THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE IN MUSKOGEE HAS PROVIDED A FEDERAL PRESENCE IN TOWN AS WELL AS MANY FEDERAL SERVICES, INCLUDING POSTAL AND LEGAL. ALTHOUGH MANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS REMAIN IN DOWNTOWN MUSKOGEE, THIS BUILDING IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A FEDERALLY DESIGNED CLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE GOVERNMENT BUILDING. THE COURTHOUSE IS A FIVE-STORY LIMESTONE CLAD BUILDING WITH A FULL BASEMENT. BUILT BETWEEN 1911 AND 1915, THE BUILDING APPEARS TO BE ONLY FOUR STORIES IN HEIGHT. THE FIFTH FLOOR, NOT READILY VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR, WAS ORIGINALLY STORAGE SPACE. IN 1937-1938, AN ADDITION WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE REAR ELEVATION. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/24/2000.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT: POST OFFICE, COURTHOUSE, GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Current Function: GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE, GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: TAYLOR, JOHN KNOX (1915) AND SIMON, LOUIS A. (1938) -- SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS , U.S. TREASURY; J.E. AND A.L. PENNOCK CONSTRUCTION (1915) AND MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (1938) - CONTRACTORS
Year Built: 1915, 1938            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: JUNE 1999