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| ID Number |
84003064 |
| Historic Name |
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE |
| Description of Significance |
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ALTUS IS A THREE-STORY NEOCLASSICAL BUILDING. THE BUILDING HAS A RUSTICATED RED GRANITE WATERTABLE WITH SMOOTH CUT STONE ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FACADES. ORIGINALLY TOPPED BY A DOME, THE DOME WAS REMOVED IN THE 1920S DUE TO STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. THE MAIN ENTRANCE HAS A MONUMENTAL PORTICO WITH IONIC COLUMNS AND A FALSE BALCONY SUPPORTED BY CURVED BRACKETS ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/23/1984. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
MAIN AND BROADWAY |
| City |
ALTUS |
| County |
JACKSON |
| Lot |
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| Block |
ALL OF BLOCK 28, ORIGINAL TOWN |
| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE |
| Current Function |
GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE |
| Area Significance 1 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Area Significance 2 |
POLITICS/GOVERNMENT |
| Date Prepared |
CA 1984 |
| Year Built |
1910 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
ROWLES-BAILEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - BUILDER; C C HAIR AND CO - ARCHITECTS |
| Architectural Style |
NEOCLASSICAL |
| Roof Material |
UNCOLLECTED |
| Wall Material |
STONE |
| Window Material |
METAL |
| Door Material |
METAL |
| Decorative Details |
PORTICO WITH PAIRED IONIC COLUMNS ON EITHER SIDE AND FALSE BALCONY SUPPORTED BY CURVED BRACKETS ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR. PROJECTING METAL CORNICE IS ORNAMENTED WITH MODILLIONS AND DENTILS |
| Condition |
GOOD |
| Comments |
ORIGINALLY HAD DOME ROOF, BUT WAS REMOVED DUE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE |
| Restricted |
N |
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