Courthouse Arch - Vinita, OK
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YoSam.
N 36° 38.263 W 095° 09.480
15S E 307069 N 4056852
Vacant courthouse the old arch is still there
Waymark Code: WMZJVB
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
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County of courthouse: Craig County
Location of courthouse: 214 Canadian Ave., Vinita
The arch is a pair of iron poles in the ground straddling the main entrance sidewalk. From the top of those poles are two iron rods bent in a slight arch running from one pole to the other. In between the rods are the flat white steel (iron) letters of the building name. CRAIG COUNTY COURT HOUSE
"The Craig County Courthouse was created at statehood from two-thirds of Recording District 3 in the Old Cherokee Nation. It was named after Granville Craig , a prominent Cherokee merchant in the area. Granville C. Craig son of Samuel and Eliza Lucinda (Harlan) Craig. Eliza descendant from the famous Cherokee Indian lady, Nancy Ward. Their son was Granville, born 1849 Johnson Co., Mo. and died March 2, 1926.
"Situated at a strategic crossroads, the town eventually became a territorial recording town and an important commercial center. From 1907 to 1910 county commissioners rented offices in Vinita from W. E. Haskell . His two-story brick building, constructed in 1898, has been used as a federal courthouse . In 1908, a stone vault was added to protect county records. Today the Craig County Courthouse is the center of all county trials, records, and offices." ~ rootsweb.ancestry