National Register Record for MCCLAIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: MCCLAIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: COURTHOUSE SQUARE
City: PURCELL            County: MCCLAIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE MCCLAIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY RENOWNED OKLAHOMA ARCHITECTS HAWK AND PARR AND BUILT IN 1928. THE COURTHOUSE IS A THREE-STORY APPROXIMATELY SQUARE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF RED BRICK. IT HAS A PARTIAL ATTIC STORY CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS THAT HOUSES THE JAIL. THE ENTRY ON EACH FACADE IS ORNAMENTED BY FLUTED PILASTERS THAT SUPPORT A STONE CORNICE AND FRIEZE. THE BUILDING HOUSES COUNTY OFFICES AND IS VITAL TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LISTED IN THE 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: COWEN BROTHERS - BUILDER ; HAWK AND PARR - ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1928            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1984