Look at you! What a stunning creature you are! Where have you been my entire trip? And, speaking of Latin, my inner Latin scholar is tickled pink by the inscriptions, though slightly disappointed by the translations (and if you don't think I have an "inner Latin scholar," you haven't been paying attention). As for the … Continue reading 469. Ardmore, Carter County (OK63) →

I like this courthouse. I may be incredibly biased for it though because it's not red. That, and it looks a little bit like Ada did (OK, maybe just vaguely reminiscent?), so I give it good marks overall. So why the craptastic sign there? A nice sign would make it look great! That one, looking … Continue reading 468. Pauls Valley, Garvin County (OK62) →

The courthouse is not red brick!  It’s pretty and stone and bleached and, most importantly, not red brick!  Never did I imagine that would be a selling point for a courthouse, but in this case it most certainly is!  Also, fun fact: the town was named by an early settler in the area. He named … Continue reading 467. Ada, Pontotoc County (OK61) →

Hmmm…  Well, at least it’s not all red brick this time.  I mean, a 70’s aesthetic with glazed tiles forming most of the exterior?  I’m not entirely sure how I would recommend this one.  I’m lying to you.  Yes, I am.  And that would be “Not Good.”  It’s so close to Seminole County, and yet … Continue reading 466. Holdenville, Hughes County (OK60) →

I would probably have some very nice things to say about this courthouse if I wasn’t completely and utterly tired of seeing red brick.  That said, this is also a nice courthouse for such a small town.  As I look on the War Memorial, I can’t help but feel a smattering of irony.  A great … Continue reading 465. Wewoka, Seminole County (OK59) →

Nice courthouse. At least it's not red. Stately, no complaints here. Of course, it's not the point of being here (though, hundreds of entries down the pipe kind of say that it actually is, but whatever). What is the point? Welcome to the birthplace of the one and only Woody Guthrie, folk singer, political activist, … Continue reading 464. Okemah, Okfuskee County (OK58) →

Very handsome and stately, no? At the same time, I was pretty much over red brick by this point. One gets tired of the sameness, especially when red brick is the lion's share of what there is to find out in the field. What I didn't expect, as evidenced by the SUV with the open … Continue reading 463. Ocmulgee, Ocmulgee County (OK57) →

I have never seen quite this combination of brick and homey kitsch before in my life. The painted plant holders are a nice little touch in the kids' rock garden. Otherwise, painted pallets? That's gonna be a "no" from me, dawg (as they say in the parlance of our times). I wasn't in the mood … Continue reading 462. Eufaula, McIntosh County (OK56) →

Nice little change up in color! Everything around here seems to be some variation of red (no doubt this is exactly what Gillian Welch was singing about), so a little bit of blue, even slight and subdued, is nice. I wish I was here during the day to get a better look at it in … Continue reading 461. Stigler, Haskell County (OK55) →

This is a slightly strange courthouse to me. It's slightly rugged, but not terribly rugged. It's both human but imposing, a place of justice, but of the overbearing, possibly autocratic sort. Can an ahistorical fixture be a thing? I guess? I can't entirely explain it, but then again I don't have to. It exists whether … Continue reading 460. Sallisaw, Sequoyah County (OK54) →