National Register Record for BECKHAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: BECKHAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: None
Address: COURTHOUSE SQUARE
City: SAYRE            County: BECKHAM
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: DESIGNED BY LAYTON, SMITH, & HAWK AND COMPLETED IN 1911, THIS BRICK, NEO-CLASSICAL BUILDING IS CAPPED BY A DISTINCTIVE DOME. IT WAS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE THE GRAPES OF WRATH AS THE JOAD FAMILY MOVED WEST ALONG ROUTE 66. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 8/23/84.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT
Current Function: GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: NEO-CLASSICAL
Architect: LAYTON, SMITH, & HAWK, ARCHITECTS; OKLAHOMA QUARRIES AND CONSTRUCTION CO., CONTRACTOR
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 5/83