Carter County - Ardmore, Oklahoma
Posted by: gparkes
N 34° 10.307 W 097° 07.832
14S E 672304 N 3782782
This marker, set in the ground, is on one side of the Carter County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM8JE8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
Views: 14
This marker reads:
Carter County was created in 1907 from part of the old Chickasaw Nation. Pickens County was renamed Carter County in honor of Ben Carter\, prominent Native American of the Chickasaw Nation. Members of the Constitutional Convention chose Ardmore as the County Seat because it was the largest town in this part of the new state and the site of a Federal Court during the Territorial era.
The first county officials used office space in the former Federal Courthouse building, which had been constructed in 1898 for $20,000. It soon proved to be too small for county needs, so in 1909 Carter County residents approved a $125,000 bond issue to purchase land and fund construction of a new building.
The firm of Soloman A. Layton, S. Wemyss Smith and Hawk of Oklahoma City developed the plans and the job was completed in 1910 by the Gill Construction Company.
The design was a rich combination of architectural elements. The dominant style was neo-classical with repetitious use of colossal doric columns, the tower was decorated with iconic columns, a providing contrast against this classical composition were the arched doorways and windows on the ground floor.
In 1976, using the design of Flood, Isenburg, and Hann, the entire courthouse was renovated.
County: Carter County
Record Address:: 20 B Street Southwest Ardmore, OK USA 73401
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Date Erected: 1976
Sponsor (Who put it there): Carter County
Web site if available: Not listed
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