National Register Record for FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE

ID: 243



Historic Name: FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE
Current Name: LAWTON COURTHOUSE
Address: 410 SW 5TH STREET
City: LAWTON            County: COMANCHE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS CLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE FEDERAL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1915. IT SERVED AS A SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND IS ONE OF THE FEW HISTORIC BUILDINGS LEFT IN DOWNTOWN LAWTON. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/24/00.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: GOVERNEMNT/POLITICS
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: OSACAR WENDEROTH, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1915            Original Site: None
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 5/99

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