National Register Record for CANADIAN COUNTY JAIL & STABLE

Historic Name: CANADIAN COUNTY JAIL & STABLE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 300 NORTH EVANS
City: EL RENO            County: CANADIAN
Section: 8           Township: 12N           Range: 7W          
Description of significance: THE CANADIAN COUNTY JAIL WAS DESIGNED BY NOTED ARCHITECT SOLOMON LAYTON AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1906. IT IS OF THE ITALIAN RENNAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE AND IS FINISHED IN DRESSED STONE WITH QUARRY-FACED STONE BELTS. A PROMINENT PEDIMENT SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE DORIC COLUMNS MARKS THE ENTRY. THE STABLE IS BRICK, TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT, AND FEATURES SEGMENTAL ARCH WINDOWS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/14/85 AND 12/14/95.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Current Function: OTHER (STORAGE)
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/ GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: RENNAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: SOLOMON LAYTON, ARCHITECT; A.C.KREIPKE, BUILDER
Year Built: 1906            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: EL RENO AMERICAN, 10/4/1906 AND 4/7/1907; EL RENO DEMOCRAT: 4/26/1894, 3/5/1905, 8/16/1906, 10/4/1906, AND 5/30/1907; EL RENO EAGLE: 9/22/1893; HISTORY OF CANADIAN COUNTY, EL RENO, 1991; NELSON, MARY JO, "THE BUILDINGS OF SOLOMON ANDREW LAYTON", OHS.
Date Prepared: 1985/1995