Pawhuska City Hall - Pawhuska, OK
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N 36° 39.802 W 096° 20.460
14S E 737650 N 4060823
Also known as Osage Council House. Pawhuska City Hall was the first Osage Tribal Council House built in 1894. The bell tower was used to call councilmen to meetings.
Waymark Code: WMZKRR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2018
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County of city hall: Osage County
Location of city hall: Main and Grandview Ave. , Pawhuska
Phone: (918) 287-3040
Built 1894
Architectural Style: Late Victorian - Romanesque and Queen Anne
"PAWHUSKA CITY HALL, 118 West Main Street, 1894. Originally built as the COUNCIL
HOUSE for the Osage Nation, this structure, with two foot thick sandstone walls,
was bought by the City in 1907 for use as a City Hall when Oklahoma became a
state and the Osage Nation was dissolved. The structure measures thirty-eight
feet wide and fifty-two feet deep. The main floor is raised about one-half
story above the sidewalk. Continuous sandstone beltcourses run around the
building at the first and second floor window sill levels. All windows are the
same size and are symmetrically placed on all facades. The north, or front
facade, has a wide set of steps leading to the entry. Originally a pair of
panelled wood doors, the entry now has a circa 1930 wood door with glass panel
flanked by stacks of glass blocks. A multi-paned fanlight is still intact with
stained glass in good condition. The window above this, on the second floor, is
arched. Above this is a small bull's-eye window in the attic gable. On
the east facade, at the interior stair landing, is a three foot wide, twelve foot
tall window with Queen Ann style stained glass squares bordering the sashes. The
basement windows were added when the local police department and jail were
housed there. All squared windows have massive sandstone lintels; all arched
openings, hand cut sandstone voussoirs. A wide fascia and wood cornice,
supported by carved wood modillions, conceals the copper gutter and runs the
perimeter of the building except for the gable." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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