Oklahoma County Courthouse

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| name = Oklahoma County Courthouse

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| image = Oklahoma_City_OK_Oklahoma_County_Courthouse_(Taken_20120926).jpg

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| location = 321 Park Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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| locmapin = Oklahoma#USA

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| mapframe-marker = building

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| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Oklahoma County Courthouse

| architect = Layton & Forsyth

| builder = Manhattan Construction Co.

| architecture = Art Deco

| built = 1937

| added = March 5, 1992

| area = {{convert|1.3|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000668|title=County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR}}

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Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma was designed by prominent Oklahoma architect Solomon Layton and partners George Forsyth and Jewel HicksCarla Breeze, American Art Deco: Architecture and Regionalism (W. W. Norton & Company, 2003), {{ISBN|978-0-393-01970-4}}, pp. 19, 113 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=fFYl779DJUYC&q=layton&pg=PA19 excerpts available] at Google Books). of the firm Layton & Forsyth, and was built in 1937. It replaced the original courthouse that was built with $100,000 in bonds issued and located at the intersection of California and Robinson at 520 West Main Street in the 1900s.

The building is located at 321 Park Avenue.[http://www.oklahomacounty.org/aboutus/historytxt.htm "A Brief History of Oklahoma County Government."] OklahomaCounty.org. Accessed 2009 September 17. It cost $1.5 million paid for with a bond issue and money from the Public Works Administration (PWA), "a federal program to create jobs in The Great Depression.

The 11-floor concrete courthouse building is considered art deco / art moderne and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604182434/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=oklahomacountycourthouse-oklahomacity-ok-usa Oklahoma County Courthouse]}} Emporis Quotes are inscribed in the "sandy-brown Indiana limestone" and a carved mural depicts "a scene of Oklahoma friendship" between a Native American figure and a Mountain Man.John Parker [http://www.oklahomacounty.org/aboutus/countycourthouse.asp The Oklahoma County Courthouse] Oklahoma County website (Originally published in the June 2004 issue of Oklahoma City Downtown Monthly

The building is said to be "loosely abstracted from stepped-back Mayan temples" and includes a two-story lobby with terrazzo floor with a compass design as well as abstracted wagon wheel chandeliers and third story overlooks. In 1967 a modern architecture building was constructed next to the courthouse and connected by a walkway.

The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1992.

Rick Warren is the Court Clerk.{{usurped|1=[https://www.oklahomacounty.org/elected-offices/court-clerk Oklahoma County Courthouse]}} Emporis