Property Name:GRADY COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Resource Name:SAME
Address: 320 W. CHOCTAW AVE.
City: CHICKASHA
Vicinity: No Data
County: Grady
Lot: 15-21
Block: 30
Plate Name: ORIGINAL TOWN
Section: SEC 28, SE4 OF NE4
Township: T7N
Range: R7W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Courthouse
Current Function: Courthouse
Area of Significance 1: Architecture
Area of Significance 2: Politics/Government
Description of Significance: CERTIFICATE IN LOBBY STATES PROPERTY LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER--SHPO HAS NO RECORDS OR DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THIS; INDIVIDUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR NRHP; HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRITY ON EXTERIOR AND MUCH OF INTERIOR; VERY ORNATE HIGH-STYLE ART-DECO COURTROOM; OUTSI
Document Source: SANBORN MAP 1943; CHICKASHA . . . ANOTHER JOURNEY BACK IN TIME ; CITY DIRECTORIES 1952, 1960
Name Preparer: ELLIOTT KIPLING WRIGHT
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: AN INTENSIVE LEVEL ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORIC SURVEY O
Date Prepared: 4/15/97
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1997
Arch build: LAYTON, HICKS & FORSYTH, ARCHITECTS; H. ARMON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BUILDERS
Year Built: 1934
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: No Data
From Where: No Data
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 73
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Uncollected
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Uncollected
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: AWNING AND HOPPER
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: GLAZED
Door Material: Metal
External Features: ENTRANCE FLANKED BY CAST-ALUMINUM FREE-STANDING LANTERNS; INSCRIPTIONS IN ART-DECO STYLE LETTERS: WEST FRIEZE ÒTHE SAFETY OF THE STATE IS THE HIGHEST LAW,Ó EAST FRIEZE ÒTHE FOUNDATION OF JUSTICE IS THAT NO MAN SHALL SUFFER WRONG;Ó CORNERSTONE:
Internal Features: MARBLE WAINSCOTTING; ART-DECO MOTIFS ON FRIEZE; SERVICE WINDOWS ON IST FLOOR HAVE ORIGINAL METAL GRATES; CAST-ALUMINUM INTERIOR DOORS; 2ND FLOOR HAS ART-DECO LANTERNS; HIGH-STYLE ART-DECO COURTROOM
Des Detail: PANELS DEPICT FRONTIERSMAN, INDIAN, SHEATHS OF GRAIN, GOURDS, CORN STALKS, OIL DERRICKS
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: 5-STORY (INCLUDING BASEMENT AND ATTIC) 7-BAY BUILDING; STONE-PANEL SIDING HAS FOSSIL IMPRINTS; 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR WINDOWS HAVE METAL MULLIONS; 3-STORY CONCRETE-BLOCK REAR ADDITION
Comments: 40. EXTERIOR FEATURES (CONTINUED) ERECTED 1934 IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS; COL. PHILIP S. DONNELL, STATE ENGINEER; LAYTON, HICKS & FORSYTH, ARCHITECTS; H. ARMON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BUILDERS
Placement: SEE SURVEY MAP
Listed on National Registry?: Yes
National Register Entry: 05000131
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2008-08-01 00:00:00.000
Latitude: 35.05262
Long: -97.93606
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
