National Register Record for WELEETKA TOWN HALL AND JAIL

Historic Name: WELEETKA TOWN HALL AND JAIL
Current Name: WELEETKA ART AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Address: STATE HIGHWAY 75 AND SEMINOLE
City: WELEETKA            County: OKFUSKEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE WELEETKA TOWN HALL AND JAIL SERVED AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN WELEETKA BETWEEN 1910 AND 1957. THE JAIL WAS BUILT IN 1910 BASED ON THE DESIGN OF A.C. DAVIS. IT WAS MODIFIED IN 1940 BY ARCHITECT HUGH BROWN. IT IS A SINGLE-STORY SANDSTONE BUILDING DESIGNED IN A VERNACULAR EXPRESSION OF THE ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE. IT HAS A GABLED ROOF, WITH AN OFFSET, GABLED ENTRY PORTAL. ALTHOUGH THE 1910 DESIGN WAS MODIFIED IN 1940, THE BUILDING TODAY LOOKS MUCH AS IT DID IN THAT YEAR. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 3/25/1993.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT: CITY HALL, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Current Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL; RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
Architect: BROWN, HUGH W. AND A.C. DAVIS - ARCHITECTS; HUBBARD AND DUGGAN - BUILDERS
Year Built: 1940            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: T.W. BLACKMAN, "INTERESTING ARTICLE DEALING WITH EVENTS AND PERSONS OF THE EARLY DAY WESTERN TOWN", UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT; E.A. HITCHCOCK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, LETTER TO THE COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, 2/8/1904; DEED RECORDS;
Date Prepared: 6/12/1992