Garfield County is named for James Abram Garfield, who was President of the United States in 1881 when he was assassinated.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Grant County
E – Noble County
S – Logan County and Kingfisher County
W – Mayor County and Alfalfa County
Created: November 6, 1893 
County Seat:
Enid 1893 – present
County Courthouse – Enid
Location: 114 West Broadway Avenue / North Grand Avenue
Built: 1934 – 1935
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Hawk and Parr
Contractor: Reinhart & Donovan Company
Description: The building faces south and is a five story white colored faced limestone and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Enid. The building has a raised basement. The central portion of the front facade has a “false front” extending approximately twelve feet above the rest of the roof line. The front facade is slightly stepped, forming three distinct sections. There are east and west wings. On the roof center is a third story section. On the north side is a high detached clock tower built in 1988. In the interior, the floors are granite and the walls are stucco. There are two murals on the first story and two wall murals on the second story painted by Ruth Munro Augur. The courtrooms are located on the second story. The jail facilities are on the fourth and fifth stories. The building houses the County District Court of the 4th Judicial District.
Note: The Broadway Tower at 100 East Broadway is a fourteen story Art Deco style structure constructed in 1931 and which served as temporary courthouse from 1932 to 1936. The architect was George Ernst von Blumenauer of Enid and Laton, Hicks and Forsythe of Oklahoma City and the contractor was McMillen and Shelton Construction Company.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Garfield County Courthouse
See: The 4th Judicial District includes Alfalfa County, Blaine County, Dewey County, Grant County, Kingfisher County, Major County, Woods County and Woodward County.
History: The county was created in 1893 and Enid was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was a two story brick structure built in 1895 to 1896. The second courthouse was a two story granite and Indiana stone structure located in the center of Broadway, designed by A A Crowell and built by A O Campbell Construction Company in 1907. The courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1931. From 1931 to 1936, the county operated out of an agricultural building, and later the Broadway Tower. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1934 to 1935 at a cost of $207,575.
County Courthouse – Enid
Statue – Keeper of the Plains
Photos taken 2010
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