Oklahoma County Courthouse

Oklahoma, United States

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Located at 321 Park Avenue in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, this eleven-story Art Deco courthouse was designed by Solomon Layton and partners George Forsyth and Jewel Hicks and completed in 1937, replacing an earlier courthouse from the 1900s. Built with $1.5 million in funding from a bond issue and the federal Public Works Administration during the Great Depression, the concrete structure draws inspiration from stepped-back Mayan temples and is clad in sandy-brown Indiana limestone. The building features a striking two-story lobby with a compass-patterned terrazzo floor and abstracted wagon wheel chandeliers, while carved quotations and a mural depicting Oklahoma friendship between a Native American and a Mountain Man adorn its exterior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, it remains a prominent example of Art Deco and Art Moderne design in Oklahoma.