Town Sq., Arnett, Oklahoma. County/parish: Ellis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 22, 1985. NRIS 85000681.
Part of County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR (NRIS 64000668).
1 contributing building.
The Ellis County Courthouse on the Town Square in Arnett, Oklahoma was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
It was designed by New York City architect P. H. Weathers.
It is a brick courthouse which was originally two stories with a hipped roof. The roof was removed in the 1930s and a third floor was added to serve as the county jail.
It is important historically since the county seat from the previously-existing Day County, being the town of Grand, together with other parties objected that the newly-designated seat for Ellis County had no suitable building to house the records. This county seat war was only finally resolved with construction of the brick Ellis County Courthouse.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86510047