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Photograph of Bryan County Courthouse
Photograph by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bryan County Courthouse

Built in 1917 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Bryan County Courthouse in Durant, Oklahoma, located at 4th Avenue and Evergreen Street, was built in 1917. It was designed by architect Jewell Hicks.”

Wikipedia article Bryan County Courthouse (Oklahoma), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Bryan County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1917, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4th Ave. and Evergreen St., Durant, 74701
  • When was it listed? August 1984
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR
  • Census division. Durant
  • When was it built? 1917
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 84002974 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bryan County Courthouse between 2006 and 2008, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use38 acresChickasaw AgencyRODEO
12 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresChickasaw AgencyFORBIS
11 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use8.6 acresChickasaw AgencyORCHARD RD
9 February 2008Natural3.0 acresTalihina AgencyCOURT YARD
8 January 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyMULBERRY
29 January 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresTalihina AgencyCRESTVIEW
25 January 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyCHUCKS4WAY
19 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyALABAMA

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bryan County Courthouse: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this property

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durant, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1993 and 2007: 30 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 9 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2001Thunderstorm WindDurant1 hurt, $5,000A tractor-trailer overturned on Highway 70, on the east end of the Roosevelt bridge. The driver was injured and taken to a local hospital.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant$150,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph caused major damage in and around Durant. At least 4 businesses in downtown sustained damage. A building was unroofed on Main Street and a nearby clinic was partially unroofed. The roof of a feed store was blown off and then tossed onto a car. The Walmart greenhouse was also blown away. Buildings in an industrial park suffered damage to overhead doors and one building had a corner blown out. Choctaw Bingo reported damage to awnings and the roof. Outbuildings at approximately 6 residences just north of the airport were damaged or destroyed. 1000-gallon tanks were blown over at 21st and Evergreen. Several trees up to 1-foot in diameter were uprooted and numerous fences were blown down. One downed tree landed on the roof of a fire station, causing $2500 in damage.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds in Bryan County downed power lines and uprooted trees in Achille and blew two barns down nine miles east-southeast of Durant.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 12th produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns, ripped the roof off a dog kennel, damaged a mobile home, and knocked down power poles and trees in Durant. Thunderstorm winds measured at 78 mph damaged hangers and roofs and windows of other buildings at Eaker Field Airport three miles south of Durant.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 12th produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns, ripped the roof off a dog kennel, damaged a mobile home, and knocked down power poles and trees in Durant. Thunderstorm winds measured at 78 mph damaged hangers and roofs and windows of other buildings at Eaker Field Airport three miles south of Durant.
June 2007Flash FloodDurant$15,000Several roads were closed due to high water. Several cars were also reportedly under water. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDurant$10,000A metal outbuilding was destroyed. One to three foot diameter trees were downed. One large tree blocked the roadway at the intersection of Highway 70 (West Main Street) and Washington.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant$10,000Roofs were blown off of downtown buildings.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$5,000Thunderstorms in central and southern Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 7th and the early morning hours on the 8th produced hail up to baseball-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs 2 miles east of Clarita, 6 miles west of Byars, 2 miles west of Stratford, 2.5 miles east of Oscar, 13 miles east of Chickasha, 10.5 miles west-southwest of Duncan, in Hastings, Lexington, Rosedale, and Ratliff City, downed power lines, and damaged trees in Ada, Davis, and Marietta, knocked down a sign and uprooted a tree in Coleman, blew a tree on top of a carport and broke off tree limbs in Lehigh, blew over a flagpole and several billboards and signs in Durant. Thunderstorm winds damaged outbuildings, trees, and the roofs of homes and flipped over a travel trailer in Lindsay, knocked power lines down in Mannsville and just south of Madill, and downed power lines and broke out windows in Ardmore. Lightning struck a woman 7.5 miles south-southeast of Chickasha. The woman was injured and taken to a hospital. Lightning damaged a house antenna in Fletcher, started a fire in the attic of a house in Lawton, and started a fire which destroyed 20 bales of hay near the Municipal Airport in Lawton. A lightning strike resulted in minor damage to a home near Rosedale and an outbuilding in Duncan. Lightning destroyed more than 20 transformers in Lindsay and hit a transformer which started a small fire in Duncan. Hail up to golf ball-size broke out skylights in Elgin.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$5,000A thunderstorm in southeast Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 30th produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph downed at least 30 trees, some power lines, broke off six- to eight-inch tree limbs and tossed a trampoline onto the roof of a house in Durant. A house was damaged in Durant when thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on top of it.
June 1994HailDurant$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindDurant$5,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDurant$4,000Two power lines were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDurant$2,500Several tree limbs and a high tension power pole were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDurant$1,000Several 4 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs were downed. A wooden shed was also blown over.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant$500Trees up to 2.5 feet in diameter were blown down.
March 1999LightningDurant$300Lightning struck a power line at the Brown Substation in Durant knocking out power to 250 residents for about 1 hour.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDurant$200Power lines were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDurant$100Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees as large as 2 feet in diameter.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDurant$100no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDurant$10Four inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
June 2007Flash FloodDurant-HWY 69/75 near the Red River was closed due to high water.
May 2007FloodDurant-Highway Patrol reported State HWY 78 closed due to water over the roadway. US HWY 70 was also closed east of Lake Texoma due to rising water. Numerous other county roads were closed as well.
May 2007Flash FloodDurant-Numerous city streets were flooded making them impassable.
July 2007Flash FloodDurant-Mulberry and Briarwood Streets were closed due to high water.
June 2003Heavy RainDurant-Three-hour rainfall totals of 4 to 4.5 inches during the early morning hours caused Chuckwa Creek to overtop its banks and flood a low-water bridge along Briarwood Avenue. At about 0400 CST, a woman attempted to cross the bridge in her truck. The truck became stranded by the floodwaters, and was nearly swept away. The woman and her baby were later rescued by firefighters.
May 2003HailDurant-Hail was reported at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
March 2002Flash FloodDurant-Old Highway 70, near Blue River, was closed due to high water. West Samstone Rd. was also closed.
April 2002Flash FloodDurant-Two bridges were closed due to high water.
January 1998HailDurant-3/4-inch hail fell on the southwest edge of Durant.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant-Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph caused extensive roof damage to 2 businesses.
May 1993HailDurant-Severe thunderstorms developed in south-central Oklahoma on the 6th and moved very slowly east. A small F0 tornado developed along interstate 35 west of Ardmore and tracked northeast about eight miles before dissipating. The tornado overturned a tractor-semitrailer on Interstate 35 injuring the driver and snapped power poles on the northwest side of Ardmore. A second brief tornado downed power poles just northeast of Lone Grove. Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted trees, damaged the library and downed power poles in Lone Grove, broke off eight inch tree limbs four miles west-northwest of Brown and rolled a tractor-semitrailer near Caddo. Flash flooding from heavy rains washed out a bridge on Route 76 just north of Healdton. Water covered roads two miles southwest of Cobb and five miles west of Durant. Heavy rains resulted in street flooding in Durant. Heavy rains in Ardmore resulted in six inches of water in a movie theater, flooded streets with motorists stranded and 20 cars damaged by water two feet deep at an auto dealership. A lightning strike started a fire which resulted in an estimated $80,000 in damage to a house in Ardmore. Lightning knocked out the Durant Police department dispatch radio.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
March 2006HailDurant-no account filed
April 2005HailDurant-no account filed
March 2004HailDurant-no account filed
April 2004HailDurant-no account filed
April 2004HailDurant-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
May 2003HailDurant-no account filed
February 2001HailDurant-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
September 2001HailDurant-no account filed
April 1999HailDurant-no account filed
April 1999HailDurant-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
June 1998HailDurant-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
June 1997HailDurant-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
April 1997HailDurant-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodDurant-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDurant-no account filed
June 1996HailDurant-no account filed
April 1996HailDurant-no account filed
April 1996HailDurant-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodDurant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan County

Newspapers printed here

4,486 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 478 issues, 4,486 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
Durant Weekly News190? to 1944

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Robert Lee Williams Public Library0.1 miles1988
J. L. Wilson Building0.2 miles1982
Durant Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2007
Robert E. Lee School0.3 miles1988
Oklahoma Presbyterian College0.8 miles1976
Carriage Point4.2 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002974 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bryan CountyAll 17 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.