Major County is named for John C Major, who was a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Woods County and Alfalfa County
E – Garfield County
S – Kingfisher County, Blaine County and Dewey County
W – Woodward County
Created: July 16, 1907 
County Seat:
Fairview 1909 – present
County Courthouse – Fairview
Location: 500 East Broadway / North 9th Avenue
Built: 1928 – 1926
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Tonini and Bramblet
Contractor: D C Bass & Sons Construction of Enid
Description: The building faces east and is a four story white colored faced stone block structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds of the Courthouse Circle in the center of Fairview. The first story has a rusticated facade. The east front has a projecting center section with a Roman arch entrance at the center. Two Tuscan columns rise from the second story to the top of the third story. A wide cornice runs below the flat roof line. An attic story, not apparent from the front of the building, houses the jail and has seven pairs of small, barred windows on the west, or rear, side of the structure. The building has a flat roof and a single chimney on the northwest corner. The building houses the County District Court of the 4th Judicial District.
See: The architect, Tonini and Bramblet ( and associates ), designed courthouses in Kansas in Crawford County and in Oklahoma in Alfalfa County, Cotton County, Okmulgee County, Payne County, Tillman County and Woodward County.
See: The contractor, D C Bass & Sons Construction of Enid, constructed courthouses in Kay County and Woodward County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Major County Courthouse
See: The 4th Judicial District includes Alfalfa County, Blaine County, Dewey County, Garfield County, Grant County, Kingfisher County, Woods County and Woodward County.
History: The county was created in 1907 and Fairview was selected as the county seat in 1908. The first county officials used a rental premise until the first courthouse, a brick structure was built in 1909. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1928 to 1929.
County Courthouse – Fairview
County District Court courtroom
Photos taken 2010
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