Pawnee County Courthouse (Oklahoma)

Pawnee County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pawnee County Courthouse, north side
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Location	500 Harrison St., Pawnee, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°20′19″N 96°48′9″W / 36.33861°N 96.80250°W / 36.33861; -96.80250
Built	1932
Built by	Manhattan Construction Co
Architect	Smith & Senter
NRHP reference No.	84003406[1]
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1984

The Pawnee County Courthouse is a three-story art deco brick building that is still functioning as a courthouse. Four bas-relief panels on either side of the entrance on the south side depict scenes of Native Americans and pioneers, while the lintel depicts an eagle, a cow's skull, an owl, an open book and two rattlesnakes (numbers 3 and 4 below). The west end has a lintel like the one on the south side. The north side of the courthouse as another four panels, two of Native Americans and two of pioneers. Across the top of the building are heads of Native Americans.^[2]

It is one of two courthouses in Oklahoma that attempt to meld Native American and pioneer scenes (the other being the Adair County Courthouse (Oklahoma).

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  Bas-relief panel
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  Lintel
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  Bas relief

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