Major County Courthouse

Built in 1928. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Major County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Fairview, Oklahoma. It was built in 1928 and designed by Tonini and Bramblet, who also designed several other courthouses in Oklahoma.”
Wikipedia article Major County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Major County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1928.

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. Courthouse Sq., Fairview, 73737
When was it listed? August 1984
Category. building
Also known as. County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR
Census division. Fairview
When was it built? 1928
National Register reference number. 84003153 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Major County Courthouse: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Cherokee Paving Co Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Major County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 34 thunderstorm wind, 32 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2008	Flash Flood	Fairview	$400,000	At least 100 homes were damaged due to flooding. Numerous streets were also closed due to the very high water. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$60,000	Widespread wind damage was reported in and around Fairview. Seventeen utility poles were blown down. The press box at the high school was blown down and destroyed. Several windows at an automobile dealership were broken. Roof damage was reported at several other businesses. At the Fairview Sooner Co-Op, two silos were destroyed, ruining the 7,000 bushels of grain inside. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$50,000	A grain silo was destroyed, and numerous trees were downed at Fairview Lakeside Country Club.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$40,000	A large swath of damaging straight-line winds also accompanied the Major County tornado along and east of the its path. In addition to more tree damage, an irrigation system was damaged 4 miles southeast of Fairview; a grain storage bin and barn were blown over, and numerous bales of hay were blown eastward. At times the damage area was several miles wide.
May 2000	Tornado (F1)	Fairview	$25,000	This tornado formed about 10 miles west-southwest of Fairview in Major County and tracked northeastward mainly over farmland before dissipating. Although most of the damage was sustained to trees, which alone warranted an F1 rating, a house was partially unroofed 2 miles southwest of Cedar Springs, while a travel trailer and barn were destroyed.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Fairview	$15,000	Nearly six inches of rain in just a couple of hours resulted in rapidly rising water in Fairview. Several homes sustained damage as water entered. Several streets around town had to be closed due to water running over top of them. The county sheriff also reported two cars washed off the roadway due to the high water near Ames. . Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Fairview	$10,000	Water entered one home in Fairview and approached other homes.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$6,000	A large plate glass window was broken at Pratt's on West Central Avenue, and power poles were downed.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$5,000	Damage to barn and power lines downed.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$5,000	A powerpole down and metal shed were destroyed.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$3,000	Power poles were downed.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$2,000	A power line was blown down onto OK Highway 8. The road had to be closed for a short time. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1999	Lightning	Fairview	$2,000	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$250	Four to five inch tree limbs were downed.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	$200	Trees were downed.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Fairview (FAI2) Mesonet observation.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Fairview (FAI2) Mesonet observation.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Fairview (FAI2) Mesonet observation.
May 2024	Hail	Fairview	-	Social media image. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024	Hail	Fairview	-	MPing report.
May 2024	Hail	Fairview	-	Social media image. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024	Hail	Fairview	-	Social media image. Time is radar estimated.
August 2024	Hail	Fairview	-	MPing report.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Tree damage in the town of Fairview. Time is radar estimated.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Wind damage on Beck and Sixth Street. Older, possibly already dead, tree toppled onto street. Time estimate from radar.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Estimated 70-80 mph winds.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Estimated wind gusts.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Fairview	-	Sylvia street was under two to three feet of water from heavy rainfall.
May 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Fairview	-	A tornado developed northwest of Fairview and moved northeast, brushing the northwest corner of Cleo Springs, and moved into Alfalfa County 1.5 miles east of state highway 8. A house northwest of Fairview was moved off of the foundation (DI 2, DOD 5, est. winds 105-110 mph.) Northeast along the tornado path, damage was observed to trees, outbuildings and utility poles as it approached and passed near the northwest corner of Cleo Springs. North and northeast of Cleo Springs, a mobile home was damaged. The storm moved northeast and overturned a truck as it moved into Alfalfa County to the east of state highway 8.
May 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Fairview	-	This tornado is labeled A2 (SW of Fairview brief tornado). A number of storm chasers observed this tornado to the southwest of Fairview. No known damage occurred.
May 2010	Hail	Fairview	-	The hail report was relayed by KWTV-9.
September 2008	Heavy Rain	Fairview	-	The measured rainfall was 9.23 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Fairview	-	Several county roads were closed near Fairview due to high water.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at Oklahoma Mesonet site
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
April 2025	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2019	Flash Flood	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Fairview	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
September 2011	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Fairview	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Major County

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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	First United Methodist Church	0.3 miles	2010

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84003153 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Major County	All 2 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.
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.