National Register Record for CARTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: CARTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: None
Address: CORNER OF FIRST AND B SOUTHWEST
City: ARDMORE            County: CARTER
Section: 31           Township: 4S           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: CAPPED BY A COPPER-SHEATHED DOME, THE CARTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY LAYTON, SMITH, & HAWK AND COMPLETED IN 1910. ITS STRONG CLASSICAL STYLE IS ACCENTUATED BY THE COLLONADE OF TUSCAN COLUMNS ACROSS THE FACADE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/22/85.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/ GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: LAYTON, SMITH AND HAWK, W.A. TACKETT ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: THACH, MRS. W.THOMAS, ED., "OKLAHOMA COUNTIES AND SOME OF THEIR COURTHOUSES", NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN OKLAHOMA, 1967; NELSON, MARY JO, "THE BUILDINGS OF SOLOMON ANDREW LAYTON, SOUTHWEST PROLOGUE SERIES.
Date Prepared: 1982