1910 - Washita County Courthouse - Cordell, OK - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

The courthouse is a three-story dark red brick building, in the Beaux-Arts Style. It is topped by a large central dome with a four-sided clock. The original clock was installed in 1914. In 1954, the clock works were removed and an electric clock added. There is no stairway to the dome. The caretaker must use a linemen's harness to ascend into the clock tower.

There are two identical major entrances on the east and west which have wide concrete stairs, flanked by brick sidewalls, leading to a recessed entry under a triangular pediment, with four two-story columns. Windows are multi-paned and fixed.

The building was designed by Solomon Andrew Layton, who later would design the Oklahoma State Capitol building in Oklahoma City. The building was begun in 1910, and completed in 1911 and houses all of the Washita County offices and courts. The two-sided granite cornerstone is located on the northeast corner and reads:

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