Woodward County Courthouse - Woodward OK

City:: Woodward, OK
Site Type:: Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started:: 1936
Completed:: 1937
Designer:: Tonini & Bramlett
Contractor:: D.C. Bass & Sons Construction Co.
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

Construction of the Woodward County Courthouse was completed in 1937 with support from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (FEAPW), also known as the Public Works Administration (PWA).

Additions to the original building have been made on the north side. There are three black granite cornerstones at the southeast corner of the original building. They read:

“Woodward County Court House/ Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works / Project Okla.1050-R”

“Woodward County Court House A.D. 1936 / County Commissioners / W.W.White – J.I.Wheelock – Lewis Morgan / R.J. Woodmansee County Clerk / Tonini & Bramlett Architects / D.C. Bass & Sons Construction Co. Contractors”

“M.W. Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. / State of Oklahoma (emblem) M.W. Dave H. Wilson Grand Master / A.L. 5937 Feb. 14, 1937”