National Register Record for CLEVELAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: CLEVELAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: CLEVELAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Address: 200 S. PETERS AVENUE
City: NORMAN            County: CLEVELAND
Section: 30, SE1/4, SE1/4           Township: 9N           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: FUNDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA), THIS FOUR STORY, LIMESTONE BUILDING COMBINES NEOCLASSICAL AND ART DECO DETAILS. DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT WALTER VAHLBERG, THE COURTHOUSE WAS THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THE STYLIZED CLASSICAL MOTIF OF THE ORNAMENTATION WAS COMMONLY USED ON PWA BUILDINGS, LEADING TO THE THE USE OF THE TERM PWA DECO TO DESCRIBE THE OVERALL STYLISTIC DESIGN. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/28/00.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: ART DECO
Architect: WALTER T. VAHLBERG, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1939-1940            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: AMERICA BUILDS: THE RECORD OF PWA. WASHINGTON, DC: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1939; THE STORY OF PWA: BUILDING FOR RECOVERY. WASHINGON DC:GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1939
Date Prepared: 5/2000